GA SB396

Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who disclose or threaten to disclose information about employer activities, policies, or practices that the employee believes in good faith violate state or federal law or pose substantial danger to employees, public health, or safety

Protects disclosures made to public bodies conducting investigations, courts, administrative hearings, government or law enforcement agencies, and internal supervisors or board members

Defines retaliatory action broadly to include adverse employment actions, threats to interfere with future employment, and threatening to report an employee's immigration status to authorities

Covers employees of private employers with one or more employees in Georgia as well as state and local government entities, school districts, and state-funded healthcare facilities

Excludes from retaliation definition: actions taken at federal government direction, truthful performance-related information provided to prospective employers in good faith, and conduct required by state or federal law