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type: "Bill"
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title: "Employment Security; certain notice provisions relating to benefits and appeals; revise"
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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 revise certain notice provisions relating to benefits and appeals; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "SB 191"
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citation: "Georgia SB 191 (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: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Clint Dixon", "Drew Echols", "Larry Walker, III", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-18"
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last_action: "2026-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/127f67d2-14de-41d1-bfe1-52e4a709c136"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "feaebe013b0baec3ab692bcfdb68664a9a0e08551b4e277b36be0d932e3e001b"
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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 SB 191 (2025_26) — Employment Security; certain notice provisions relating to benefits and appeals; revise
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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 revise certain notice provisions relating to benefits and appeals; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As Introduced LC 46 1093** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232656.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235615.pdf)
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3. **SB 191/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238567.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #374 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **146–16** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #198 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **38–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 292 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-01-01** 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/127f67d2-14de-41d1-bfe1-52e4a709c136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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