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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firefighter certification; military firefighter training may be accepted as required basic training; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 25-4-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to basic firefighter training courses and transfer of certification, so as to provide that military firefighter training may be accepted as required basic training; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 699"
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citation: "Georgia HB 699 (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: ["Bill Hitchens", "Dave Belton", "David Clark", "Heath Clark", "John Corbett", "Shaw Blackmon"]
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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: "2018-01-18"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ffebfb9-4668-40d7-8a7c-dfb0bef0fc55"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "df684d29a23665500c5b91dd6373b3c016234f8416274977d1e060f4b9decb75"
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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 699 (2017_18) — Firefighter certification; military firefighter training may be accepted as required basic training; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 25-4-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to basic firefighter training courses and transfer of certification, so as to provide that military firefighter training may be accepted as required basic training; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- David Clark — primary (person)
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- Heath Clark — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-18** House Hopper
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- **2018-01-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 327 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/3ffebfb9-4668-40d7-8a7c-dfb0bef0fc55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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