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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; insurance premiums subject to taxation; update certain provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, so as to update certain provisions related to determining which insurance premiums are subject to taxation related to the fund; to provide that venue for any action brought in the superior court against the fund or the board shall be in the superior court of the board's county of domicile; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 844"
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citation: "Georgia HB 844 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Buckner", "Gerald Greene", "Howard Maxwell", "Micah Gravley", "Paulette Rakestraw", "Rick Jasperse"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-26"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c9478db-53f2-4ce8-b717-72d0617d374d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "39aa899b565fbb97d16101d87044958c2c16669b9847603188c5880939cab4cc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 844 (2015_16) — Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; insurance premiums subject to taxation; update certain provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, so as to update certain provisions related to determining which insurance premiums are subject to taxation related to the fund; to provide that venue for any action brought in the superior court against the fund or the board shall be in the superior court of the board's county of domicile; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 844/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160126.pdf)
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2. **LC 43 0224/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155609.pdf)
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3. **LC 43 0271S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157117.pdf)
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4. **LC 43 0271S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156475.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
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- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
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- Paulette Rakestraw — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-26** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 457 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c9478db-53f2-4ce8-b717-72d0617d374d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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