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type: "Bill"
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title: "Workers' compensation; insurance, awards, benefits and administration; change certain provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions relating to workers' compensation insurance, awards, benefits, and administration; to provide that administrative law judges are subject to the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct; to change provisions related to an employer's duties to provide the State Board of Workers' Compensation with certain information; 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 818"
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citation: "Georgia HB 818 (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: ["Barry Fleming", "Bob Bryant", "Chad Nimmer", "Jason Shaw", "Richard Smith", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-22"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96d964d2-894c-4a2a-a964-d5281546114e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "84143d7ce83e880f6fb44e7ee53e9272401caf2dba32e4d2d9868b282727be2f"
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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 818 (2015_16) — Workers' compensation; insurance, awards, benefits and administration; change certain provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions relating to workers' compensation insurance, awards, benefits, and administration; to provide that administrative law judges are subject to the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct; to change provisions related to an employer's duties to provide the State Board of Workers' Compensation with certain information; 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 818/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162451.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 2862/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155289.pdf)
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3. **Sen floor Amend 2 AM 28 1517** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161886.pdf)
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4. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 36 0566** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161860.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **160–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Bob Bryant — primary (person)
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- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
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- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
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- Richard Smith — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-22** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 402 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/96d964d2-894c-4a2a-a964-d5281546114e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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