republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-342.md

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Bill	Local Fire Departments; procedures for organization, issuance and revocation of certificates of compliance; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 and Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to minimum requirements for local fire departments and general provisions relative to firefighter standards and training, respectively, so as to provide for procedures for organization, issuance and revocation of certificates of compliance, requirements, and training and standards of fire departments and volunteer fire departments; to establish the Georgia Volunteer Fire Service Council; to amend Code Section 45-9-101 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions relative to the temporary disability compensation program, so as to revise a definition; for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 342	Georgia SB 342 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Burt Jones Butch Miller Jeff Mullis John Kennedy Steve Gooch	3	15	1	2020-01-31	2021-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0c1235c8-b50b-4219-8154-f1190bd8ba79	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8f466bbab40039630019319e93ea56cef6e04ca4a15c70ed3536c30ff2839414	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 342 (2019_20) — Local Fire Departments; procedures for organization, issuance and revocation of certificates of compliance; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 and Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to minimum requirements for local fire departments and general provisions relative to firefighter standards and training, respectively, so as to provide for procedures for organization, issuance and revocation of certificates of compliance, requirements, and training and standards of fire departments and volunteer fire departments; to establish the Georgia Volunteer Fire Service Council; to amend Code Section 45-9-101 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions relative to the temporary disability compensation program, so as to revise a definition; 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 2480 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB342/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-31 Senate Hopper
• 2020-02-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-02-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Act 542 executive-signature
• 2021-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c1235c8-b50b-4219-8154-f1190bd8ba79. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).