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type: "Bill"
title: "Labor, Department of; authorize Commissioner of Labor to perform certain functions; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Labor, so as to authorize the Commissioner of Labor to perform certain functions; to authorize the Commissioner of Labor to prescribe certain rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; to authorize the Commissioner of Labor to conduct fingerprint based criminal background checks for individuals employed by the Department of Labor; to provide a process for conducting such criminal background checks; to limit the use, dissemination, and liability relating to information obtained from the criminal background checks; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 795"
citation: "Georgia HB 795 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Christian Coomer", "Micah Gravley", "Scott Hilton", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a274a96c-ff20-4696-8231-fe61d7cfa28b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ab25de220e12a6d15c4d476309e34745d94c438fba39d286bda4cf06a5b823bc"
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 795 (2017_18) — Labor, Department of; authorize Commissioner of Labor to perform certain functions; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Labor, so as to authorize the Commissioner of Labor to perform certain functions; to authorize the Commissioner of Labor to prescribe certain rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; to authorize the Commissioner of Labor to conduct fingerprint based criminal background checks for individuals employed by the Department of Labor; to provide a process for conducting such criminal background checks; to limit the use, dissemination, and liability relating to information obtained from the criminal background checks; 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.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1650** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-31** House Hopper
- **2018-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2018-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2018-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Veto V11 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a274a96c-ff20-4696-8231-fe61d7cfa28b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).