---
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).