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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public officers and employees; authorize political subdivisions to provide for voluntary contributions by employees through payroll deductions to certain not for profit organizations; provisions"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 551"
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citation: "Georgia HB 551 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Buzz Brockway"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-03-04"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e077f7ec-ad87-4c36-9da7-758665da7b17"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "020f07c42fe9a01b1c4bc9a7fc8c6f180a4af76510c063639e833af03c52b69b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# 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
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 551/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153415.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 2738/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150018.pdf)
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3. **LC 36 2779S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151336.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 2779S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150813.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **158–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-04** House Hopper
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- **2015-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Act 249 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e077f7ec-ad87-4c36-9da7-758665da7b17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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