Labor and industrial relations; employment security; change certain provisions
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to change certain provisions relating to employment security; to extend certain provisions relating to the rate of employer contributions and variations from the standard rate; to provide for administrative assessments on wages; to provide for additional assessments for new or newly covered employers; to authorize the collection of administrative assessments; to provide for exceptions; to provide for the deposit, transfer, and appropriation of such assessments; to prohibit certain deductions; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations; to provide for construction; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2023
Last action Mar 1, 2023
Floor votes · House Feb 28, 2023
How they voted
90–53
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 150
Feb 28, 2023
D
Democratic63
82% Nay
R
Republican87
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 1, 2023
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 28, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 21, 2023
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Werkheiser
RRepublican
P
Devan Seabaugh
RRepublican
P
Mike Cameron
RRepublican
P
Victor Anderson
RRepublican
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