---
title: Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0312 to HB 1302
collection: amendment
id: amendment:2025-2026/hb1302/246392
cite_as: HB 1302, Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0312
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1302/amendments/246392
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1302/amendments/246392.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1302/amendments/246392/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/246392
date: 2026-09-25
license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, from its website (legis.ga.gov)
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
version: Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0312
version_id: amendment:2025-2026/hb1302/246392@246392
---

# Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0312 to HB 1302

NOT GERMANE
Senators Wicks of the 34th, Jones II of the 22nd, Parent of the 44th, and Jackson of the 41st
offered the following amendment #1:
Amend HB 1302 (LC 49 2730-ECS) by inserting before "to provide for a short title;" on line
16 the following:
to increase the minimum wage for covered employees from $5.15 to $15.00;
By inserting after line 1168 the following:
Said title is further amended in Chapter 4, relating to minimum wage law, by revising
subsection (a) of Code Section 34-4-3, relating to amount of minimum wage to be paid by
employers and employers and employees covered by chapter, as follows:
"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, every employer, whether a person,
firm, or corporation, shall pay to all covered employees a minimum wage which shall be
not less than <del>$5.15</del> <ins>$15.00</ins> per hour for each hour worked in the employment of such
employer."
SECTION 40.
By redesignating Section 40 as Section 41.