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78 lines
4.3 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Peace Officers' Annuity Fund; require certain benefits payable to a surviving spouse to terminate if such surviving spouse remarries; remove a provision"
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description: "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."
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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 245"
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citation: "Georgia HB 245 (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: ["Bonnie Rich", "Debbie Buckner", "Gerald Greene", "Philip Singleton"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-11"
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last_action: "2020-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ccc46c0-ad87-4800-bb89-67a64873423b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5b289acb6f481e6e91c2199ae6ce222722ae35e64ed49d6e57701824fce7ea15"
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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 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
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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.
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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 1167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188060.pdf)
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2. **HB 245/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194395.pdf)
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3. **LC 43 1167/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181060.pdf)
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4. **Retirement Certification LC 43 1167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181094.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
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- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-11** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** 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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- **2020-06-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-30** Act 467 `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/7ccc46c0-ad87-4800-bb89-67a64873423b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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