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type: "Bill"
title: "Public officers and employees; paid parental leave for eligible state employees and eligible local board of education employees; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding personnel administration, so as to provide for paid parental leave for eligible state employees and eligible local board of education employees; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for terms and conditions; to provide for certain prohibitions; to provide for rules; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 146"
citation: "Georgia HB 146 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Rich", "Houston Gaines", "Jan Jones", "Marcus Wiedower", "Sharon Cooper", "Terry England"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/967e35f4-fd66-404e-9b10-fa9787e508ee"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "92560dfb68030b7704f2e93e9b8fcf3b085ec8c7e7b3656605fa622ee2b1ef57"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 146 (2021_22) — Public officers and employees; paid parental leave for eligible state employees and eligible local board of education employees; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding personnel administration, so as to provide for paid parental leave for eligible state employees and eligible local board of education employees; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for terms and conditions; to provide for certain prohibitions; to provide for rules; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 146/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201999.pdf)
2. **LC 36 4525/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196046.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 4797S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200583.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **155–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-27** House Hopper
- **2021-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05** Act 225 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/967e35f4-fd66-404e-9b10-fa9787e508ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).