---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia State Indemnification Fund; shall be paid in instances of a heart attack, stroke; public safety officer; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as revise when indemnification shall be paid in instances of a heart attack, stroke, or vascular rupture suffered by a public safety officer resulting in certain disabilities or death; to provide for definitions; 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 60"
citation: "Georgia SB 60 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Bruce Thompson", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "Marty Harbin", "Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9902eb9-d8ec-4892-b895-d8d1e3a5d166"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f3964c5d540db75cb1deb8efe5eb2ea06a46c81e2f9ecc1bdfc4fa8322cc1e12"
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 60 (2021_22) — Georgia State Indemnification Fund; shall be paid in instances of a heart attack, stroke; public safety officer; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as revise when indemnification shall be paid in instances of a heart attack, stroke, or vascular rupture suffered by a public safety officer resulting in certain disabilities or death; to provide for definitions; 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 2813** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196475.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197328.pdf)
3. **SB 60/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201961.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** 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 168 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9902eb9-d8ec-4892-b895-d8d1e3a5d166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).