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type: "Bill"
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title: "Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act; enact"
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description: "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 provide for portable benefit plans and portable benefit accounts for independent contractors; to provide for definitions; to provide for voluntary contributions; to provide for independent contractors to opt in to withholdings; to provide for independent contractors to opt out at any time; to exclude voluntary contributions from establishing the classification of employer or employment; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; 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 987"
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citation: "Georgia HB 987 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Carter Barrett", "Mike Cameron", "Todd Jones", "Victor Anderson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-15"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b8bd682-285f-4bd8-a77d-482a9b632861"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3ec74305cf7f3260eea0068953b57b0bbc3fec4d5caac1bfff1bb204de758cd4"
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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 987 (2025_26) — Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act; enact
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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 provide for portable benefit plans and portable benefit accounts for independent contractors; to provide for definitions; to provide for voluntary contributions; to provide for independent contractors to opt in to withholdings; to provide for independent contractors to opt out at any time; to exclude voluntary contributions from establishing the classification of employer or employment; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; 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 987/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246936.pdf)
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2. **LC 52 0908/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239914.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #521 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **109–53** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #773 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
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- Carter Barrett — primary (person)
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- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — primary (person)
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- Victor Anderson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-15** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 466 `executive-signature`
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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/8b8bd682-285f-4bd8-a77d-482a9b632861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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