---
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).