Public Health, Department of; provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, so as to provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department...” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
House Hopper · Jan 29, 2026
House First Readers · Feb 2, 2026
House Second Readers · Feb 3, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 11, 2026
House Third Readers · Feb 18, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 18, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 19, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 19, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 20, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 23, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 23, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 6, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 11, 2026
Act 481 · May 11, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PASSAGESenate · 2026-03-23 · yea 50, nay 0, notVoting 5, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-02-18 · yea 165, nay 0, notVoting 9, excused 6
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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