republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1118.md

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Bill	Public officers and employees; 120 hours of maternal birth leave; 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 relative to personnel administration, so as to provide 80 hours of maternal birth leave; to provide for definitions; to provide rules; to provide for penalties; to provide notice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1118	Georgia HB 1118 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION HEALTH PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES	enacted	Gerald Greene Jan Jones Matt Reeves Mike Cheokas Sandy Donatucci Sharon Cooper	4	14	2	2026-02-02	2026-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/2fd427e5-c02d-40ba-8f78-a84d0ce31b88	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1e1d97c79a08df6d3b288f5cf873f23a20dc0a0bf9a389934029bd841a4bafd3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1118 (2025_26) — Public officers and employees; 120 hours of maternal birth leave; 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 relative to personnel administration, so as to provide 80 hours of maternal birth leave; to provide for definitions; to provide rules; to provide for penalties; to provide notice; 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 1118/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 46 1432S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 46 1432S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 46 9004/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #833 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #604 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gerald Greene — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
• Sandy Donatucci — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-05 Act 413 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2fd427e5-c02d-40ba-8f78-a84d0ce31b88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).