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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; increase benefit amount payable to beneficiaries after the member's death"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement, retirement allowances, disability benefits, and death benefits relative to the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, so as to increase the benefit amount payable to beneficiaries after the member's death; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 195"
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citation: "Georgia HB 195 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tommy Benton"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-07"
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last_action: "2020-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48ceda92-218d-4f3e-97b7-fd980166371e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "11664f631568c52aa8429398094652d69609f48b57e2bd7447dd6a4d8f2db771"
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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 195 (2019_20) — Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; increase benefit amount payable to beneficiaries after the member's death
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement, retirement allowances, disability benefits, and death benefits relative to the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, so as to increase the benefit amount payable to beneficiaries after the member's death; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; 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. **Actuarial Investigation - LC 43 1171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188876.pdf)
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2. **HB 195/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194584.pdf)
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3. **LC 43 1171/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180732.pdf)
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4. **Retirement Certification LC 43 1171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180770.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-07** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Transmitted House
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- **2020-06-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** Act 370 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-01** 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/48ceda92-218d-4f3e-97b7-fd980166371e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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