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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health, Department of; provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, so as to provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave; to authorize rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1096"
citation: "Georgia HB 1096 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angie O'Steen", "Darlene Taylor", "Dexter Sharper", "Matt Hatchett", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a31fa8e6-35ab-4b06-851c-2fe1f9182a86"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "475b3b85230583e5cf94d43242feaaf5194b7ecc70183438e459511cf504c24d"
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 1096 (2025_26) — Public Health, Department of; provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, so as to provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave; to authorize rules and regulations; 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 1096/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247121.pdf)
2. **LC 60 0231/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240932.pdf)
3. **LC 60 0282S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243021.pdf)
4. **LC 60 0282S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242321.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #525 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #795 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Angie O'Steen — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 481 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a31fa8e6-35ab-4b06-851c-2fe1f9182a86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).