Employment laws and bills in Georgia

Every bill in the Georgia Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope
42bills in scope
Past committee
13past committee
Most recent action
1 July 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in Georgia in 2026

2 Employment bills were enacted in Georgia this year, the latest with a last action on 1 July 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in Georgia

4Enacted

9Past committee

29Introduced or inactive

42 bills in scope

Enacted

4

HB 1302Education and Workforce Strategy Act; enactEnactedHB 987Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act; enactEnactedSB 55"Dignity and Pay Act"; enactEnactedSB 180High Demand Apprenticeship Program; opportunities for apprenticeship sponsors to enter into apprenticeship program contracts with State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; provideEnacted

Past committee

9

SB 39Employees' Insurance and Benefits Plans; expenses for gender-affirming care under the state health benefit plan or with any state funds; prohibit coveragePassed chamberHB 1122Insurance; group or individual accident and sickness plans; provisionsPassed chamberHB 613Administrative Services, Department of; preferences in certain public works construction contracts to a contractor participating in a registered apprenticeship program; providePassed committeeHB 1318Labor and industrial relations; actuarial study on state based paid family and medical leave insurance program; providePassed committeeHB 574Labor and industrial relations; applicability of workers' compensation to employers and employees; provisionsPassed committeeHB 991Labor and industrial relations; definition of employment for certain services performed by certain healthcare technology platform contractors; provisionsPassed committeeHB 311Advancing Fair Employment for All Ages Act; enactPassed committeeHB 250Better Small Business Employee Benefits Act; enactPassed chamberHB 569Labor and industrial relations; employment security; benefits and appeals; revise certain notice provisionsPassed chamber

Introduced or inactive

12 of 29 shown

HB 1493Georgia Worker Empowerment Act; enactIn committeeHB 1455Labor, Department of; review and validate employment status of 1099 tax returns filed by employers on behalf of employees; establish a commissionIn committeeHB 1464Labor, Department of; review and validate employment status of 1099 tax returns filed by employers on behalf of employees; establish a commissionIn committeeHB 1355Workers' compensation; update law on experience modification factors, refusal of suitable employment procedures, and certain benefitsIn committeeSB 282"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,"; requirements for earned wage access services; provideIn committeeHB 1119Labor and industrial relations; pharmacy care guidelines and pharmacy management networks under workers' compensation; provideIn committeeHB 1157Labor and industrial relations; preemption of wage and employment benefit mandates adopted by a local government entity; repeal certain provisionsIn committeeHB 1071Georgia Workplace Safety and Heat Protection Act; enactIn committeeSB 417Public Officers and Employees; public employees to self-organize or to be represented by a labor organization and bargain collectively with the state; authorizeIn committeeSB 396Labor and Industrial Relations; retaliatory actions by certain employers against certain employees for disclosing potentially unlawful activities; prohibitIn committeeHB 914Commissioner of Labor; ensure certain employees receive comparable pay for comparable work in jobs which require comparable skill, effort, and responsibility; authorizeIn committeeHB 925The Georgia Maternal Health Momnibus Act; enactIn committee

Showing the 25 furthest along of 42. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Georgia Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

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