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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia's Employment First Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to transfer of division of rehabilitation services to the Department of Labor, so as to establish the Employment First Georgia Council; to provide for legislative findings and declarations; to provide for membership, duties, terms of office, meeting requirements, committee appointments, compensation, and expense allowances; to provide for a biannual report to the Governor and the General Assembly; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 831"
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citation: "Georgia HB 831 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Katie Dempsey", "Sharon Cooper", "Terry England", "Terry Rogers", "Trey Rhodes"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-05"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da4ec92c-579f-4d81-865c-a3bd870eeee7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f9d6ff4d6085ef32a94e257953d8dfb3c21c823c2c217b8787269eab82919633"
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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 831 (2017_18) — Georgia's Employment First Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to transfer of division of rehabilitation services to the Department of Labor, so as to establish the Employment First Georgia Council; to provide for legislative findings and declarations; to provide for membership, duties, terms of office, meeting requirements, committee appointments, compensation, and expense allowances; to provide for a biannual report to the Governor and the General Assembly; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **174–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-05** House Hopper
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- **2018-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 455 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/da4ec92c-579f-4d81-865c-a3bd870eeee7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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