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Georgia General Assembly · SB 56 · Senate Date Signed by Governor (Act 281)

Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize

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Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as to authorize the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; Read the full text

2025-2026 regular session

What it does

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as to authorize the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; to provide for qualification standards for indemnification claims relating to certain deaths of public safety officers related to COVID-19; to provide for timing requirements for application of such i
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.

Where it is

Senate Hopper · Jan 29, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Jan 30, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 3, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 4, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 6, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 27, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 27, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 281 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025

The numbers

21
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Anavitarte, JasonAlbers, JohnRobertson, RandyKennedy, John F.Gooch, SteveStrickland, BrianHickman, BillyTillery, BlakeGinn, FrankBurns, MaxPayne, ChuckEchols, DrewWatson, SamBearden, TimothyStill, ShawnHarbin, MartyGoodman, RussDolezal, GregHatchett, BoAnderson, LeeGullett, Joseph

Recorded votes

PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-27 · yea 165, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 11
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-03 · yea 54, nay 1, notVoting 0, excused 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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