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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Department of Public Safety; subsistence and per diem allowances; receipt of badge and duty weapon upon retirement; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Safety, so as to provide for subsistence and per diem allowances; to provide for receipt of badge and duty weapon upon retirement; to provide for authority to grant salary increases upon completion of certain education courses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "SB 198"
+citation: "Georgia SB 198 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Albers", "Randy Robertson", "Tyler Harper"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-16"
+last_action: "2021-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68222550-6355-4418-96df-3a3c561691f2"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "84283387c9aa5bc67769f22c0ee8b2a2cd1f74928961d7d89b129564698d719c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 198 (2021_22) — Department of Public Safety; subsistence and per diem allowances; receipt of badge and duty weapon upon retirement; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Safety, so as to provide for subsistence and per diem allowances; to provide for receipt of badge and duty weapon upon retirement; to provide for authority to grant salary increases upon completion of certain education courses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 39 2862** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197802.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198982.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 39 2948S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198563.pdf)
+4. **SB 198/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201774.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
+- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-16** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Act 217 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68222550-6355-4418-96df-3a3c561691f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+