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type: "Bill"
title: "Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; amount of monthly dues paid; increase; amounts collected from fines; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund, so as to increase the amount of monthly dues paid by members of the fund; to revise amounts collected from certain fines and forfeitures in criminal and quasi-criminal cases; to increase the monthly benefit allowed upon retirement; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 249"
citation: "Georgia SB 249 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Albers", "Randy Robertson", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2020-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ec87213-7afb-4f16-b90d-c4148868b2f6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ebe46116e27bc88ad95d19661849314d28ae0ab1b0cc6ac0d7f1efe6126bb859"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 249 (2019_20) — Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; amount of monthly dues paid; increase; amounts collected from fines; revise
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund, so as to increase the amount of monthly dues paid by members of the fund; to revise amounts collected from certain fines and forfeitures in criminal and quasi-criminal cases; to increase the monthly benefit allowed upon retirement; 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. **As Introduced LC 43 1347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185107.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192376.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 43 1471S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191246.pdf)
4. **SB 249/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194488.pdf)
5. **SB249 Actuarial Investigation LC 43 1471S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191253.pdf)
6. **SB249 Auditor's Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185111.pdf)
7. **SB249 Auditors Certification LC 43 1471S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191247.pdf)
8. **SB249 Consulting Letter Part 1 LC 43 1471S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191270.pdf)
9. **SB249 Consulting Letter Part 2 LC 43 1471S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191271.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-19** Senate Hopper
- **2019-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-18** House Postponed
- **2020-06-19** House Postponed
- **2020-06-20** House Postponed
- **2020-06-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-01** Effective Date
- **2020-08-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-03** Act 551 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ec87213-7afb-4f16-b90d-c4148868b2f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).