republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-551.md

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Bill	Public officers and employees; authorize political subdivisions to provide for voluntary contributions by employees through payroll deductions to certain not for profit organizations; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to salary deductions applicable to public officers and employees, so as to authorize local political subdivisions to provide for voluntary contributions by employees through payroll deductions to certain not for profit organizations; to provide for a definition; to authorize voluntary deductions from wages or salaries of employees of the State of Georgia and local units of administration for purchases of consumer offerings through an employee purchase program facilitated by and through the Department of Administrative Services; to change a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 551	Georgia HB 551 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Buzz Brockway	4	15	1	2015-03-04	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e077f7ec-ad87-4c36-9da7-758665da7b17	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	020f07c42fe9a01b1c4bc9a7fc8c6f180a4af76510c063639e833af03c52b69b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 551 (2015_16) — Public officers and employees; authorize political subdivisions to provide for voluntary contributions by employees through payroll deductions to certain not for profit organizations; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to salary deductions applicable to public officers and employees, so as to authorize local political subdivisions to provide for voluntary contributions by employees through payroll deductions to certain not for profit organizations; to provide for a definition; to authorize voluntary deductions from wages or salaries of employees of the State of Georgia and local units of administration for purchases of consumer offerings through an employee purchase program facilitated by and through the Department of Administrative Services; to change a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 551/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 2738/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 2779S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 2779S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 158–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buzz Brockway — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2015-03-04 House Hopper
• 2015-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-13 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 249 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e077f7ec-ad87-4c36-9da7-758665da7b17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).