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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fire departments; purchase and maintain certain insurance coverage for firefighters; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 25-3-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general requirements for legally organized fire departments, so as to require such fire departments to purchase and maintain certain insurance coverage for firefighters; to provide methods for funding; to provide for rules and regulations; to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computation of Georgia taxable net income, so as to provide an exemption for benefits received under said insurance coverage for firefighters; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 146"
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citation: "Georgia HB 146 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Bruce Williamson", "Christian Coomer", "Jay Powell", "John Meadows", "Micah Gravley"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-01-25"
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last_action: "2018-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bc663e8-2371-48f9-a2c3-c7cf4a19487a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "767d9d4541115469170d5f3c026067e04e28ab2d13d83f269fa8c5c54a235b9a"
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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 146 (2017_18) — Fire departments; purchase and maintain certain insurance coverage for firefighters; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 25-3-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general requirements for legally organized fire departments, so as to require such fire departments to purchase and maintain certain insurance coverage for firefighters; to provide methods for funding; to provide for rules and regulations; to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computation of Georgia taxable net income, so as to provide an exemption for benefits received under said insurance coverage for firefighters; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **171–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- John Meadows — primary (person)
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- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-25** House Hopper
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- **2017-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-16** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-04** Act 142 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-01-01** 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/1bc663e8-2371-48f9-a2c3-c7cf4a19487a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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