Georgia House Bill 831 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Passed on April 26 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rights, privileges, and prohibitions for certain military personnel, so as to require that private employers reemploy certain members of any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States who have been discharged or suspended from employment by his or her employer due to being called into active state service; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

"Protecting Guardmen's Employment Act"; enact

Rep. Calvin Smyre [D]	Rep. Sandra Scott [D]	Rep. Bill Hitchens [R]	Rep. Richard Smith [R]
Rep. Stacey Abrams [D]	Rep. Carolyn Hugley [D]	Sen. Ed Harbison [D]

2016-03-16 - Senate - Senate Vote #641 (Y: 53 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2016-02-22 - House - House Vote #578 (Y: 165 N: 0 NV: 9 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-01		Effective Date
2016-04-26		Act 454
2016-04-26	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2016-03-28	House	House Sent to Governor
2016-03-16	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2016-03-16	Senate	Senate Third Read
2016-03-15	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2016-03-15	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2016-02-23	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2016-02-22	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2016-02-22	House	House Third Readers
2016-02-16	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2016-01-27	House	House Second Readers
2016-01-26	House	House First Readers
2016-01-25	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/47747
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/155455
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/157452
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/158253
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/161095
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/47747#14019
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/47747#14361