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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; member's benefits payable after death shall be paid to his or her estate when such member failed to designate a beneficiary or his or her designated beneficiaries are deceased; provide"
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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 provide that a member's benefits payable after death shall be paid to his or her estate when such member failed to designate a beneficiary or his or her designated beneficiaries are deceased; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 319"
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citation: "Georgia HB 319 (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: ["Carl Gilliard", "Dave Belton", "Don Hogan", "Matt Hatchett", "Micah Gravley", "Noel Williams, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-14"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21fd9c19-fa7c-4e0d-9b54-0cbd9bbf3a22"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c7bb90c574dca4ccb2660d84d9cec65c161a9a036fd1b149a7821662d5b2aaa1"
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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 319 (2019_20) — Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; member's benefits payable after death shall be paid to his or her estate when such member failed to designate a beneficiary or his or her designated beneficiaries are deceased; provide
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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 provide that a member's benefits payable after death shall be paid to his or her estate when such member failed to designate a beneficiary or his or her designated beneficiaries are deceased; 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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1. **HB 319/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187074.pdf)
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2. **LC 43 1162/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181517.pdf)
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3. **Retirement Certification LC 43 1162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181540.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- Don Hogan — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
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- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-14** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-26** House Postponed
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- **2019-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Act 248 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/21fd9c19-fa7c-4e0d-9b54-0cbd9bbf3a22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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