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Bill	Sheriffs; qualification requirements for the office of sheriff; revise	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding sheriffs, so as to revise qualification requirements for the office of sheriff; to require certification as a peace officer at the time of qualifying as a candidate for sheriff; to require such candidate to be in good standing with the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; to provide for a confirming affidavit; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 37	Georgia SB 37 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Carden Summers Carden Summers Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Randy Robertson Rick Williams Shawn Still Shelly Echols	6	19	4	2023-01-27	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a63d2fb1-5729-40b3-8183-110bc1a77efe	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	226b273f663e4dc5d5d39369688c9da569be0a87d5815ce987640b4606d6f8f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 37 (2023_24) — Sheriffs; qualification requirements for the office of sheriff; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding sheriffs, so as to revise qualification requirements for the office of sheriff; to require certification as a peace officer at the time of qualifying as a candidate for sheriff; to require such candidate to be in good standing with the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; to provide for a confirming affidavit; to provide for a definition; 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 48 0658 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 AM 39 0429 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 3939S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 39 4391S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 37/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #27 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 45–5 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #782 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 161–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #891 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–3 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #887 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 99–58 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-27 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-01-30 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-06 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-07 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-07 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Act 506 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a63d2fb1-5729-40b3-8183-110bc1a77efe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).