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Labor & Employment

Every labor & employment bill, vote, and legislator stance in Georgia, automatically classified by Maddy, our AI policy reader.

Total bills
98
2025-2026 Regular Session
Top supporter
Chuck Hufstetler
62% support rate
Top opponent
Sally Harrell
38% support rate
Ranked legislators
10
5 support · 5 oppose
Key legislators

Who's moving labor & employment in Georgia

Legislators moving labor & employment in Georgia
Legislator Party Stance Support rate Votes
Chuck Hufstetler
Chuck Hufstetler Senate · District 52
R
Support
62% 49
Bo Hatchett
Bo Hatchett Senate · District 50
R
Support
60% 39
Victor Anderson
Victor Anderson House · District 10
R
Support
60% 62
Matt Hatchett
Matt Hatchett House · District 155
R
Support
60% 61
Chuck Payne
Chuck Payne Senate · District 54
R
Mixed
57% 51
Sally Harrell
Sally Harrell Senate · District 40
D
Oppose
38% 45
Kenya Wicks
Kenya Wicks Senate · District 34
D
Oppose
40% 40
Randal Mangham
Randal Mangham Senate · District 55
D
Oppose
40% 42
Elena Parent
Elena Parent Senate · District 44
D
Mixed −
43% 47
Harold Jones
Harold Jones Senate · District 22
D
Mixed −
43% 48
Showing 21–30 of 98 bills

All labor & employment bills

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 9, 2026

SB 474: State Income Tax; overtime compensation from taxation; exclude

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits for state income tax, so as to exclude overtime compensation from taxation; to provide for reporting by employers; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 25, 2026

HB 1422: State employees; add stillbirth as a qualifying event for parental leave

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding personnel administration, so as to add stillbirth as a qualifying event for parental leave for eligible state employees; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 5, 2026

HB 1174: Federal Workforce Stability and Reemployment Priority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding labor and industrial relations, so as to provide retraining and other support for displaced federal employees; to provide for a definition; to provide for coordination between the Georgia Department of Labor and the Technical College System of Georgia and the University System of Georgia; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility and qualifications for office, so as to provide for the modification of certain hiring procedures for certain displaced federal employees; to provide for reporting; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
in committee · Georgia · House Mar 3, 2026

HB 1318: Labor and industrial relations; actuarial study on state based paid family and medical leave insurance program; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide for an actuarial study on state based paid family and medical leave insurance program; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings and legislative purpose; to provide for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 3, 2026

HB 1455: Labor, Department of; review and validate employment status of 1099 tax returns filed by employers on behalf of employees; establish a commission

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Department of Labor, so as to establish a commission to review and validate the employment status of 1099 tax returns filed by employers on behalf of employees; to provide for the commission to provide available remedies to employees impacted by an invalid filing of such tax returns; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 25, 2026

HR 1427: Congress; pass Thiokol Memorial Gold Medical Act; urge

This resolution urges Congress to pass the Thiokol Memorial Gold Medal Act, which would award a Congressional Gold Medal to 30 workers who died in a 1971 explosion at the Thiokol plant in Woodbine, Georgia (plus one additional worker who died in 1973). It commemorates their service manufacturing military munitions during the Vietnam War and their role in advancing workplace safety and equal pay. The resolution itself is procedural and symbolic - it does not create new policy or funding, but formally requests Congress enact the medal bill.
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 20, 2026

HB 1355: Workers' compensation; update law on experience modification factors, refusal of suitable employment procedures, and certain benefits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to workers' compensation, so as to update workers' compensation law on experience modification factors, refusal of suitable employment procedures, and certain benefits; to provide for petitions, notices, teleconferences, and signed sworn statements; to permit an interlocutory order; to increase weekly benefits for a maximum weekly wage compensation for total disability; to increase weekly benefits for a maximum weekly wage compensation for temporary partial disability; to increase the maximum amounts for certain death benefits; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
signed · Georgia · House May 5, 2026

HB 1118: Public officers and employees; 120 hours of maternal birth leave; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to personnel administration, so as to provide 80 hours of maternal birth leave; to provide for definitions; to provide rules; to provide for penalties; to provide notice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
in committee · Georgia · House Mar 3, 2026

HB 1110: Georgia Small Business Healthcare Affordability Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits for income taxes, so as to create a tax credit for certain employers that offer individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements to employees; to provide for terms, conditions, and limitations; to provide for preapproval; to provide for aggregate annual limits; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; to provide for a sunset; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sub-Topics Business Taxes Tax Credits Tags Small Business
introduced · Georgia · House Jan 29, 2026

HR 1048: General Assembly; adopt the Georgia Bereaved Parents and Family Support Act of 2026; urge

A RESOLUTION urging the introduction, consideration, and adoption of the Georgia Bereaved Parents and Family Support Act of 2026 to provide job-protected bereavement leave for parents who experience the death of a child; and for other purposes.
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