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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Communications Officers; 9-1-1 communications officers receive training in the delivery of high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation; require"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 35-8-23, 38-3-181, and 46-5-138.2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to basic training course for communications officers, definitions relative to emergency communications authority, and \"director\" defined and training and instruction, respectively, so as to require that 9-1-1 communications officers receive training in the delivery of high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation; to provide training requirements; to provide for compliance reviews; to provide for the establishment of continuing education units for communications officers; to provide for a definition; to require certain training for directors of public safety answering points; 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 505"
+citation: "Georgia SB 505 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Randy Robertson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-11"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3da2756f-70f5-4e38-94e6-a63b7dc6de2b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "75a6e6f5cccd94fda51021a05aa6faa19b2e11dc4ede905d52ed8f83b199ccdb"
+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 505 (2021_22) — Communications Officers; 9-1-1 communications officers receive training in the delivery of high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation; require
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 35-8-23, 38-3-181, and 46-5-138.2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to basic training course for communications officers, definitions relative to emergency communications authority, and "director" defined and training and instruction, respectively, so as to require that 9-1-1 communications officers receive training in the delivery of high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation; to provide training requirements; to provide for compliance reviews; to provide for the establishment of continuing education units for communications officers; to provide for a definition; to require certain training for directors of public safety answering points; 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 3218** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206348.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207646.pdf)
+3. **LC 39 3469S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211277.pdf)
+4. **SB 505/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212163.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-11** Senate Hopper
+- **2022-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-04-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-02** Act 800 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3da2756f-70f5-4e38-94e6-a63b7dc6de2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+