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Bill Employment security; change definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages; provisions A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to change the definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages unless the Department of Labor makes a contrary determination based upon evidence that such individual has been, and will continue to be, free from control or direction over the performance of such services; to provide for civil penalties; to prohibit retaliation by employers against individuals who report violations of or noncompliance with the "Employment Security Law"; to provide for a civil cause of action for retaliation by employers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 HB 389 Georgia HB 389 (2021_22)
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El-Mahdi Holly
James Burchett
Jesse Petrea
Sam Park
Sheri Gilligan
Todd Jones
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Georgia HB 389 (2021_22) — Employment security; change definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to change the definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages unless the Department of Labor makes a contrary determination based upon evidence that such individual has been, and will continue to be, free from control or direction over the performance of such services; to provide for civil penalties; to prohibit retaliation by employers against individuals who report violations of or noncompliance with the "Employment Security Law"; to provide for a civil cause of action for retaliation by employers; 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 389/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 36 4623/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 36 4746S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 36 5153S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  5. LC 36 5153S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  6. Sen ctee sub LC 36 5302S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1626 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • El-Mahdi Holly — primary (person)
  • James Burchett — primary (person)
  • Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
  • Sam Park — primary (person)
  • Sheri Gilligan — primary (person)
  • Todd Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-02-10 House Hopper
  • 2021-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2021-02-16 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2021-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-31 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
  • 2022-01-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-01 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
  • 2022-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-24 House Postponed
  • 2022-02-28 House Postponed
  • 2022-03-01 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2022-03-01 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2022-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2022-03-30 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-30 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2022-04-01 Senate Tabled
  • 2022-04-04 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2022-04-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2022-04-04 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2022-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2022-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2022-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2022-05-02 Act 809 executive-signature
  • 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7122a202-af8c-440c-8d4a-5dfdeca6ed76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).