republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-198.md

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Bill	Department of Public Safety; subsistence and per diem allowances; receipt of badge and duty weapon upon retirement; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Safety, so as to provide for subsistence and per diem allowances; to provide for receipt of badge and duty weapon upon retirement; to provide for authority to grant salary increases upon completion of certain education courses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 198	Georgia SB 198 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	John Albers Randy Robertson Tyler Harper	4	15	1	2021-02-16	2021-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/68222550-6355-4418-96df-3a3c561691f2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	84283387c9aa5bc67769f22c0ee8b2a2cd1f74928961d7d89b129564698d719c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 198 (2021_22) — Department of Public Safety; subsistence and per diem allowances; receipt of badge and duty weapon upon retirement; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Safety, so as to provide for subsistence and per diem allowances; to provide for receipt of badge and duty weapon upon retirement; to provide for authority to grant salary increases upon completion of certain education courses; 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. As introduced LC 39 2862 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 39 2948S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 198/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John Albers — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-16 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-17 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-29 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Act 217 executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68222550-6355-4418-96df-3a3c561691f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).