republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-56.md

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Bill	Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as to authorize the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; to provide for qualification standards for indemnification claims relating to certain deaths of public safety officers related to COVID-19; to provide for timing requirements for application of such indemnification claims; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; 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	2025_26	SB 56	Georgia SB 56 (2025_26)	bill	PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES	enacted	Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Chuck Payne Drew Echols Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Max Burns Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden	4	15	2	2025-01-29	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/940220d6-0b24-495a-9c06-6e6807a2bc46	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	51f2007eafb70201259fcce264701dd60641ae8a0d49735c0bc8a87fb37e7688	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 56 (2025_26) — Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as to authorize the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; to provide for qualification standards for indemnification claims relating to certain deaths of public safety officers related to COVID-19; to provide for timing requirements for application of such indemnification claims; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; 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. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 39 4428 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 46 1123S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 56/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #325 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #134 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 54–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-29 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-30 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 281 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/940220d6-0b24-495a-9c06-6e6807a2bc46. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).