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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; revise quorum for transaction of business; provisions"
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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 revise the quorum for transaction of business by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; to clarify that certain investigators employed by the council may retain their weapon and badge upon retirement; to repeal the requirement that peace officers who do not perform satisfactorily on the job related academy entrance examination be ineligible to retake the examination for a period of 30 days; to repeal requirements for the training and certification of police chaplains; 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 867"
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citation: "Georgia HB 867 (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", "Eddie Lumsden", "Jesse Petrea", "Kevin Tanner", "Rick Williams"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-07"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd679af8-5fb6-4a58-8995-91a650062914"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ce4dd92d6b5aa0c2dbc8d533ab338a308579783f831e4e0f1aaebf6a818c4685"
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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 867 (2017_18) — Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; revise quorum for transaction of business; provisions
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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 revise the quorum for transaction of business by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; to clarify that certain investigators employed by the council may retain their weapon and badge upon retirement; to repeal the requirement that peace officers who do not perform satisfactorily on the job related academy entrance examination be ineligible to retake the examination for a period of 30 days; to repeal requirements for the training and certification of police chaplains; 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 — **167–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-07** House Hopper
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- **2018-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-03** 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 386 `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/bd679af8-5fb6-4a58-8995-91a650062914`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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