republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-451.md

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Bill	Public officers and employees; supplemental, illness-specific insurance for certain first responders with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder; require provision	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public officers and employees, so as to require the provision of supplemental, illness-specific insurance to certain first responders diagnosed with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for certain insurance benefits to eligible first responders; to provide for limitations and restrictions of such benefits; to provide for methods of funding; to provide for treatment of premiums; to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to computation of Georgia taxable net income, so as to provide an exemption for benefits received from such insurance coverage for first responders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 451	Georgia HB 451 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Beth Camp Bill Hitchens Derrick McCollum Devan Seabaugh Gregg Kennard Houston Gaines	9	23	3	2023-02-16	2025-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b36509bd-455f-4c6a-8df9-f62ac8562cc3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	62af8b624038d420e5316669483c6207dbff080b3e2131a3c4a28e43b6d8dc66	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 451 (2023_24) — Public officers and employees; supplemental, illness-specific insurance for certain first responders with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder; require provision

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public officers and employees, so as to require the provision of supplemental, illness-specific insurance to certain first responders diagnosed with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for certain insurance benefits to eligible first responders; to provide for limitations and restrictions of such benefits; to provide for methods of funding; to provide for treatment of premiums; to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to computation of Georgia taxable net income, so as to provide an exemption for benefits received from such insurance coverage for first responders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 451/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 3848S/hs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 4113S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 52 0252/a (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 52 0496S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 52 0496S/hs (committee substitute) — source
7. SCSFA to HB 451 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Ctee Sub LC 46 0914S (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 46 0061 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #821 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #836 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 174–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #562 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beth Camp — primary (person)
• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
• Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
• Gregg Kennard — primary (person)
• Houston Gaines — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-06 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-01-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-08 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-02-08 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-26 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Act 511 executive-signature
• 2025-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b36509bd-455f-4c6a-8df9-f62ac8562cc3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).