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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of employment in elementary and secondary education, so as to require local school systems to provide notice to employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for inclusion in certain benefits, pension, or retirement plans; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 37"
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citation: "Georgia HB 37 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "Rob Leverett", "Scott Hilton"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-14"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24e73f2b-d5a6-473b-8035-14bfed80ad9d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "218b85c031c0b234fa69da9478c7da2e212183f606fb4d46a4dfa84150970a45"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 37 (2025_26) — Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of employment in elementary and secondary education, so as to require local school systems to provide notice to employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for inclusion in certain benefits, pension, or retirement plans; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 37/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239300.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 1994/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/229897.pdf)
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3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 61 0251S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237436.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #385 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #408 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #162 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-14** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 170 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24e73f2b-d5a6-473b-8035-14bfed80ad9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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