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| Bill | Local government; restrict ability of county governing authorities to reduce funding for county police departments | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county police, so as to restrict the ability of county governing authorities to reduce funding for county police departments; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to municipal corporations, so as to restrict the ability of municipal or consolidated government governing authorities to reduce funding for municipal police departments; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 286 | Georgia HB 286 (2021_22) |
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5 | 18 | 1 | 2021-02-03 | 2021-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/b4ef3593-4c68-4858-9bad-272d50a95eda | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 7528ad2896507b5357630ec49236b6fa05ae2e20575da188b4ea9ae4f05b5254 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 286 (2021_22) — Local government; restrict ability of county governing authorities to reduce funding for county police departments
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county police, so as to restrict the ability of county governing authorities to reduce funding for county police departments; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to municipal corporations, so as to restrict the ability of municipal or consolidated government governing authorities to reduce funding for municipal police departments; to provide for exceptions; 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.
- HB 286/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 0698/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 0821S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 0821S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 39 3044S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 101–69 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- J Collins — primary (person)
- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-03 House Hopper
- 2021-02-04 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-02-08 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2021-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-02-23 House Postponed
- 2021-02-24 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2021-02-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-02-25 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2021-03-15 Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted
referral-committee, withdrawal - 2021-03-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-22 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2021-03-25 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2021-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2021-04-07 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-05-07 Act 263
executive-signature - 2021-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4ef3593-4c68-4858-9bad-272d50a95eda. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).