---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public officers and employees; supplemental, illness-specific insurance for certain first responders with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder; require provision"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public officers and employees, so as to require the provision of supplemental, illness-specific insurance to certain first responders diagnosed with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for certain insurance benefits to eligible first responders; to provide for limitations and restrictions of such benefits; to provide for methods of funding; to provide for treatment of premiums; to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to computation of Georgia taxable net income, so as to provide an exemption for benefits received from such insurance coverage for first responders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 451"
citation: "Georgia HB 451 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Bill Hitchens", "Derrick McCollum", "Devan Seabaugh", "Gregg Kennard", "Houston Gaines"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2025-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b36509bd-455f-4c6a-8df9-f62ac8562cc3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "62af8b624038d420e5316669483c6207dbff080b3e2131a3c4a28e43b6d8dc66"
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 451 (2023_24) — Public officers and employees; supplemental, illness-specific insurance for certain first responders with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder; require provision

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public officers and employees, so as to require the provision of supplemental, illness-specific insurance to certain first responders diagnosed with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for certain insurance benefits to eligible first responders; to provide for limitations and restrictions of such benefits; to provide for methods of funding; to provide for treatment of premiums; to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to computation of Georgia taxable net income, so as to provide an exemption for benefits received from such insurance coverage for first responders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 451/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229530.pdf)
2. **LC 39 3848S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216965.pdf)
3. **LC 39 4113S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221828.pdf)
4. **LC 52 0252/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215068.pdf)
5. **LC 52 0496S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225781.pdf)
6. **LC 52 0496S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224916.pdf)
7. **SCSFA to HB 451** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229053.pdf)
8. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 46 0914S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228236.pdf)
9. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 46 0061** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228761.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #821 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #836 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **174–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #562 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Camp — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
- Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
- Gregg Kennard — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2024-01-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2024-02-08** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2024-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2024-03-26** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Act 511 `executive-signature`
- **2025-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b36509bd-455f-4c6a-8df9-f62ac8562cc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).