---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; no person under a sentence of confinement shall be eligible for membership; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, so as to provide that no person under a sentence of confinement shall be eligible for membership in such retirement fund; to provide that a member of such fund shall not accrue creditable service while under a sentence of confinement; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 460"
citation: "Georgia HB 460 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis Black", "Lynne Riley", "Paul Battles", "Tom Weldon", "Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dbb9ed5-442e-44b4-bcbb-8dcb44e29f33"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "49df63c6dc0af1dfcc9f992cae07d9bc7f48b78d20a8078916584b0d957159cc"
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 HB 460 (2013_14) — Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; no person under a sentence of confinement shall be eligible for membership; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, so as to provide that no person under a sentence of confinement shall be eligible for membership in such retirement fund; to provide that a member of such fund shall not accrue creditable service while under a sentence of confinement; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; 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. **HB 460/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145053.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2057/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132059.pdf)

## Votes

- Vote on Bill — **163–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Lynne Riley — primary (person)
- Paul Battles — primary (person)
- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
- Tommy Benton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-22** House Hopper
- **2013-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 496 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dbb9ed5-442e-44b4-bcbb-8dcb44e29f33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).