---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public officers and employees; revise when dependents qualify for a payment of indemnification for death under the Georgia State Indemnification Fund"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-9-85 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to payment of indemnification for death or disability, procedure for making payments, and appeal, so as to revise when dependents qualify for a payment of indemnification for death under the Georgia State Indemnification Fund; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1017"
citation: "Georgia HB 1017 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Dave Belton", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Jodi Lott", "John Corbett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-25"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd18ae02-1d1e-4dc0-9ece-de613302bbd5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ad3ffba27a849b9b57be342db115493642b345f362d0df87b0cfd4cb1df6e0ff"
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 1017 (2019_20) — Public officers and employees; revise when dependents qualify for a payment of indemnification for death under the Georgia State Indemnification Fund

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-9-85 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to payment of indemnification for death or disability, procedure for making payments, and appeal, so as to revise when dependents qualify for a payment of indemnification for death under the Georgia State Indemnification Fund; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; 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 1017/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194591.pdf)
2. **LC 41 2132-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190926.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-25** House Hopper
- **2020-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 385 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd18ae02-1d1e-4dc0-9ece-de613302bbd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).