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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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J Collins
Joseph Gullett
Katie Dempsey
Marcus Wiedower
Trey Kelley
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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.

  1. HB 286/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 47 0698/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 47 0821S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 47 0821S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  5. Sen ctee sub LC 39 3044S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 10169 (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).