---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; change the definition of the term \"firefighter\"; creditable service"
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 change the definition of the term \"firefighter\"; to provide for creditable service for certain prior service; 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: "SB 235"
citation: "Georgia SB 235 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-28"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdfdb20c-1fcc-4390-9a6d-8e38d401e08b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b0ff25c51a013d12144d0f10f6d1e9a81ba5281a6fcbad892cdffef5eb645334"
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 235 (2013_14) — Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; change the definition of the term "firefighter"; creditable service

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 change the definition of the term "firefighter"; to provide for creditable service for certain prior service; 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. **As introduced LC 21 2160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132775.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140869.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 21 2250S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140302.pdf)
4. **Fiscal Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134132.pdf)
5. **SB 235/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145042.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-28** Senate Hopper
- **2013-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-02-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-26** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-22** Act 584 `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/bdfdb20c-1fcc-4390-9a6d-8e38d401e08b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).