republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-319.md

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Bill	Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; member's benefits payable after death shall be paid to his or her estate when such member failed to designate a beneficiary or his or her designated beneficiaries are deceased; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement, retirement allowances, disability benefits, and death benefits relative to the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, so as to provide that a member's benefits payable after death shall be paid to his or her estate when such member failed to designate a beneficiary or his or her designated beneficiaries are deceased; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 319	Georgia HB 319 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Carl Gilliard Dave Belton Don Hogan Matt Hatchett Micah Gravley Noel Williams, Jr.	3	16	1	2019-02-14	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/21fd9c19-fa7c-4e0d-9b54-0cbd9bbf3a22	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c7bb90c574dca4ccb2660d84d9cec65c161a9a036fd1b149a7821662d5b2aaa1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 319 (2019_20) — Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; member's benefits payable after death shall be paid to his or her estate when such member failed to designate a beneficiary or his or her designated beneficiaries are deceased; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement, retirement allowances, disability benefits, and death benefits relative to the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, so as to provide that a member's benefits payable after death shall be paid to his or her estate when such member failed to designate a beneficiary or his or her designated beneficiaries are deceased; 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. HB 319/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 43 1162/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Retirement Certification LC 43 1162 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
• Dave Belton — primary (person)
• Don Hogan — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Micah Gravley — primary (person)
• Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14 House Hopper
• 2019-02-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-26 House Postponed
• 2019-02-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-02-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-02-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-07 Act 248 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21fd9c19-fa7c-4e0d-9b54-0cbd9bbf3a22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).