republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-549.md

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Bill	Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-8-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reimbursement of training expenses by subsequent employer of peace officer, collection procedure, and required documentation, so as to extend the time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer of a peace officer may be sought; to provide for types of training eligible for reimbursement; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 549	Georgia HB 549 (2025_26)	bill	LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES	enacted	Bill Hitchens Brian Prince Derrick McCollum Devan Seabaugh Eddie Lumsden Lauren McDonald III	2	20	3	2025-02-20	2026-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/b8d70185-0193-4f91-a3e0-6c9717bb12e4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	39a3c1c361334f22773f3f3dfc4b81a26ae2eec1c5d0bc30fec7549a87589971	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 549 (2025_26) — Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-8-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reimbursement of training expenses by subsequent employer of peace officer, collection procedure, and required documentation, so as to extend the time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer of a peace officer may be sought; to provide for types of training eligible for reimbursement; 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 549/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 4641/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 26–22 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #853 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 47–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #202 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Brian Prince — primary (person)
• Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
• Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-06 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Senate Tabled
• 2026-01-12 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-01-12 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-27 Senate Tabled
• 2026-03-27 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-06 Act 422 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8d70185-0193-4f91-a3e0-6c9717bb12e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).