2025-2026 Regular Session

SB588

Labor and Industrial Relations, Revenue and Taxation, and Social Services; certain protections of caregivers; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 34, 48, and 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, revenue and taxation, and social services, respectively, so as to provide for certain protections of caregivers; to provide for duration of sick leave; to revise a definition; to increase the tax credit for qualified caregiving expenses; to provide for no displacement from other programs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Finance
Last status date: February 26, 2026
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: Finance
Author: Harold Jones
Co-sponsors: Kenya Wicks Elena Parent Nikki Merritt Nan Orrock Sonya Halpern Gail Davenport Tonya Anderson Jaha Howard Donzella James Michael Rhett Sheikh Rahman Randal Mangham David Lucas Josh McLaurin RaShaun Kemp Sally Harrell Kim Jackson

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Committee referrals

February 26, 2026 · Senate

Finance

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 26, 2026
Senate Senate Read and Referred
February 25, 2026
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2124799
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB588.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00