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GA HB1490
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/3/2022
Primary Sponsor
Leesa Hagan
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AI Summary
- Expands Georgia's existing employee time-off-to-vote law to cover advance voting days in addition to Election Day, allowing employees to use their protected voting leave on either day
- Limits the time off to no more than two hours, consistent with existing law, and requires employees to provide reasonable notice to their employer
- Employees whose work hours begin at least two hours after polls open or end at least two hours before polls close remain ineligible for the time off
- Allows employers to specify the hours during which the employee may be absent and to request proof that the employee presented himself or herself at the polling place
- Requires poll officers and absentee ballot clerks to provide voters, upon request, with documentation evidencing that they appeared at the polling place
Legislative Description
Elections; afford employees time off to vote on days of advance voting in addition to election days
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/8/2022
Committee Referrals
Special Committee on Election Integrity3/4/2022
Full Bill Text
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