HB 250 Georgia House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Better Small Business Employee Benefits Act; enact

Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 33 and 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance and labor and industrial relations, respectively, so as to provide for the registration and regulation of professional employer organizations; to provide for certain regulatory powers, duties, and authority of the Commissioner of Insurance over professional employer organizations; to exempt such organizations from certain licensing requirements; to provide for the applicability of Chapter 8 of Title 34, the "Employment Security Law"; to provide for rules and regulations; to repeal obsolete provisions; to provide for the posting of a surety bond; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for a short title; 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 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Last action Mar 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC 52 0804S/hs LC 52 0804S/hcs · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill format changed from a House Committee substitute to a formal committee substitute version, with minor formatting adjustments to the act title. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content regarding professional employer organization regulation.
TECHNICAL

Header changed from 'The House Committee on Small Business Development offers the following substitute' to 'House Bill 250 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)' with sponsor names added

Line numbering changed from 1-9 to 1-9 with different formatting style in the act title section

Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2025

How they voted

1484
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 159
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic67
65 Yea 2
97% Yea
R Republican92
83 Yea 4 Nay 5
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors