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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; include Commissioners of Juvenile Justice/Natural Resources as voting members"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to include the commissioner of juvenile justice and the commissioner of natural resources as voting members of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; to provide for related matters; 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: "SB 279"
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citation: "Georgia SB 279 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Frank Ginn", "Harold Jones II", "John Albers", "Judson Hill", "Michael Williams", "Mike Dugan", "Tyler Harper", "Valencia Seay", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-21"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf9e5535-f032-4504-a613-033b40f2c279"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0c1b8f71f057ad754a94ed8cc714c46a0f28880b1c99097df70f8f71e3a0ffaa"
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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 SB 279 (2015_16) — Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; include Commissioners of Juvenile Justice/Natural Resources as voting members
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to include the commissioner of juvenile justice and the commissioner of natural resources as voting members of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; to provide for related matters; 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. **As introduced LC 41 0595** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155088.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156135.pdf)
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3. **SB 279/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161040.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **49–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-21** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-01-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-01-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-01-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 372 `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/cf9e5535-f032-4504-a613-033b40f2c279`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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