Georgia House Bill 780 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-25 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Industrial Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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 relative to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide that it shall be unlawful for an employer to fail or refuse to hire, bar, discharge from employment, or otherwise discriminate against an individual because of the individual's credit history or credit report; to provide for exceptions; to provide a penalty; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Labor and industrial relations; unlawful for employer to discriminate because of credit history; provide

Rep. Sharon Beasley-Teague [D]

Rep. James Beverly [D]

Rep. Dar'shun Kendrick [D]

Rep. Earnest Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-25		House Second Readers
2012-01-24		House First Readers

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/35257
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb780_LC_21_1514_a_2.htm