republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-245.md

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Bill	Peace Officers' Annuity Fund; require certain benefits payable to a surviving spouse to terminate if such surviving spouse remarries; remove a provision	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-17-80 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement benefit options, payment to surviving spouse, requirements, effect of reemployment, effect of changes in retirement benefits, and payment on death of member relative to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund, so as to remove a provision that requires certain benefits payable to a surviving spouse to terminate if such surviving spouse remarries; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 245	Georgia HB 245 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bonnie Rich Debbie Buckner Gerald Greene Philip Singleton	4	15	1	2019-02-11	2020-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/7ccc46c0-ad87-4800-bb89-67a64873423b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5b289acb6f481e6e91c2199ae6ce222722ae35e64ed49d6e57701824fce7ea15	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 245 (2019_20) — Peace Officers' Annuity Fund; require certain benefits payable to a surviving spouse to terminate if such surviving spouse remarries; remove a provision

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-17-80 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement benefit options, payment to surviving spouse, requirements, effect of reemployment, effect of changes in retirement benefits, and payment on death of member relative to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund, so as to remove a provision that requires certain benefits payable to a surviving spouse to terminate if such surviving spouse remarries; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Actuarial Investigation LC 43 1167 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 245/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 43 1167/a (committee substitute) — source
4. Retirement Certification LC 43 1167 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 162–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• Gerald Greene — primary (person)
• Philip Singleton — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-11 House Hopper
• 2019-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-01-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-10 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-03-10 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-03-12 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-06-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-06-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-25 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-30 Act 467 executive-signature
• 2020-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ccc46c0-ad87-4800-bb89-67a64873423b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).