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type: "Bill"
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title: "Labor and Industrial Relations; provide for the payment of wages by credit to a payroll card; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide for the payment of wages by credit to a payroll card; to change certain provisions relating to payment of wages by lawful money, checks, or credit transfer and selection of payment dates by employers; to require employers to offer employees certain choices and information relating to the payment of wages; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 88"
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citation: "Georgia SB 88 (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: ["Burt Jones", "Dean Burke", "Ellis Black", "Hunter Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "Michael Williams", "Rick Jeffares", "Ross Tolleson", "Tommie Williams", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-04"
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last_action: "2015-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0faeac78-0fbb-4d55-b34c-5a777f8d82ec"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a9447dc90580a837aed92aa71616dbe15b86397fdd574e86fac631d2110af3e1"
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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 88 (2015_16) — Labor and Industrial Relations; provide for the payment of wages by credit to a payroll card; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide for the payment of wages by credit to a payroll card; to change certain provisions relating to payment of wages by lawful money, checks, or credit transfer and selection of payment dates by employers; to require employers to offer employees certain choices and information relating to the payment of wages; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 21 3625** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146913.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149505.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 36 2709S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148451.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 AM 37 0269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149409.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 2 AM 21 3913** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149411.pdf)
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6. **Floor amend 3 AM 36 0493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149414.pdf)
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7. **LC 36 2794S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151661.pdf)
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8. **SB 88/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153816.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **43–8** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
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- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-04** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 85 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** 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/0faeac78-0fbb-4d55-b34c-5a777f8d82ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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