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Bill Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978; provide hearing before an administrative law judge; change provisions A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 19 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., the "Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978," so as to provide for hearing before an administrative law judge; to change provisions relating to the appointment of hearing officers; to provide for a definition; to provide the administrator of the Commission on Equal Opportunity with the power to order discovery; to change certain provisions relating to the filing, amending, and investigation of a complaint regarding an unlawful practice; to change provisions relating to an appeal seeking a review of a final order by a hearing officer and a review of a dismissal of a complaint by the administrator; to provide penalty for willful failure; to provide testimony or discovery; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2023_24 HB 563 Georgia HB 563 (2023_24)
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Reynaldo Martinez
Rob Leverett
Scott Holcomb
Stacey Evans
Stan Gunter
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Georgia HB 563 (2023_24) — Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978; provide hearing before an administrative law judge; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 19 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., the "Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978," so as to provide for hearing before an administrative law judge; to change provisions relating to the appointment of hearing officers; to provide for a definition; to provide the administrator of the Commission on Equal Opportunity with the power to order discovery; to change certain provisions relating to the filing, amending, and investigation of a complaint regarding an unlawful practice; to change provisions relating to an appeal seeking a review of a final order by a hearing officer and a review of a dismissal of a complaint by the administrator; to provide penalty for willful failure; to provide testimony or discovery; 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 563/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 44 2294/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Sen Ctee sub LC 49 1882S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #207 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 1750 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #643 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 460 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #741 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 1580 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Matt Reeves — primary (person)
  • Reynaldo Martinez — primary (person)
  • Rob Leverett — primary (person)
  • Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
  • Stacey Evans — primary (person)
  • Stan Gunter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-22 House Hopper introduction
  • 2023-02-23 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2023-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2023-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2023-03-06 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2023-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2023-03-13 Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
  • 2023-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2024-01-08 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
  • 2024-03-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2024-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2024-03-21 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2024-04-22 Act 395 executive-signature
  • 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6378570-b0d5-4890-b341-79e0590e1d13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).