HB 581 - Georgia Works Job Creation and Protection Act of 2009; enact

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Current Status

04/21/09 - House Date Signed by Governor

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to protect the solvency of the Georgia Unemployment Trust Fund by providing incentives to employers to comply with the Employment Security Law; to protect existing jobs and to stimulate job creation; to reduce employer payment requirements for de minimis tax amounts; to establish a credit to employers for hiring unemployment claimants; to provide for the Georgia Works program to assist recipients of unemployment compensation in obtaining new job skill training; to reauthorize certain federal moneys for the administration of Chapter 8 of Title 34; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
DateTimeVote NoYeasNaysNVExcDescription
03/12/200910:16AMHouse Vote #210158000009013PASS
03/30/20098:34PMSenate Vote #333055000001000PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE
04/03/200912:49PMHouse Vote #448159002016003Agree Sen Sub

Status History

Bill History
DateAction
02/26/2009House First Readers
03/03/2009House Second Readers
03/09/2009House Committee Favorably Reported
03/12/2009House Third Readers
03/12/2009House Passed/Adopted
03/12/2009Senate Read and Referred
03/19/2009Senate Recommitted
03/26/2009Senate Committee Favorably Reported
03/26/2009Senate Read Second Time
03/30/2009Senate Third Read
03/30/2009Senate Passed/Adopted
04/03/2009House Agree Senate Amend or Sub
04/14/2009House Sent to Governor
04/21/2009House Date Signed by Governor
04/21/2009Act 49
04/21/2009Effective Date

Footnotes

3/12/2009 Structured Rule
3/19/2009 Withdrawn from Finance Committee and recommitted to Insurance and Labor Committee in Senate