republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-404.md

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Bill	Emergency Medical Services Personnel; Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to retain certain fingerprints under certain conditions; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services personnel, so as to authorize the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to retain certain fingerprints under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 404	Georgia SB 404 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Billy Hickman Brandon Beach Donzella James Elena Parent Gloria Butler Jeff Mullis John Albers Kim Jackson Lee Anderson Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Dugan Randy Robertson Sally Harrell Steve Gooch Valencia Seay	5	16	1	2022-01-27	2022-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/450a659b-a97d-4291-bad5-d6e505a69010	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ab928ffdf4fefb1612d3720f34ac0c8430aa2627d7cb11c8470c0f5be660d4ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 404 (2021_22) — Emergency Medical Services Personnel; Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to retain certain fingerprints under certain conditions; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services personnel, so as to authorize the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to retain certain fingerprints under certain conditions; 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 33 8950 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 9103S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 404/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-27 Senate Hopper
• 2022-02-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-08 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2022-02-17 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2022-02-17 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2022-02-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-30 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-30 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-04-01 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-02 Act 793 executive-signature
• 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/450a659b-a97d-4291-bad5-d6e505a69010. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).