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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Protecting Georgia Small Business Act\"; neither a franchisee/franchisee's employee shall be deemed employee of franchisor"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide that neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for any purpose; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; 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: "SB 277"
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citation: "Georgia SB 277 (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: ["Brad Raffensperger", "Burt Jones", "Charlie Bethel", "Chuck Hufstetler", "David Shafer", "Fran Millar", "Hunter Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "Joshua McKoon", "Marty Harbin", "Michael Williams", "Mike Crane", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-20"
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last_action: "2017-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17fb41a3-b322-4ceb-ac52-407fd3c86668"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "80c2edc74fdc8a5bc896a54d5e78ccbc9f32e3b4e479cb6bd5dee2b523d96f00"
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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 SB 277 (2015_16) — "Protecting Georgia Small Business Act"; neither a franchisee/franchisee's employee shall be deemed employee of franchisor
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide that neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for any purpose; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 36 2899** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154857.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157868.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 36 2943S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156642.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amendment AM 36 0543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160131.pdf)
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5. **SB 277/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161036.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **39–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brad Raffensperger — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Mike Crane — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-20** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-01-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 526 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-01-01** 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/17fb41a3-b322-4ceb-ac52-407fd3c86668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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