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type: "Bill"
title: "Peace Officers; re-employment of retired peace officers and correctional officers during disasters and emergencies; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to provide for re-employment of retired peace officers and correctional officers during disasters and emergencies; to provide definitions; to provide for training and qualifications; to provide for immunities and powers of arrest; to provide for compensation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 341"
citation: "Georgia SB 341 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42a914b5-0dab-475d-ad3e-81bdfd06f446"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c5db86a4289f87bf099527470802ed0a02fe3db1581db73445294140293823d8"
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 341 (2019_20) — Peace Officers; re-employment of retired peace officers and correctional officers during disasters and emergencies; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to provide for re-employment of retired peace officers and correctional officers during disasters and emergencies; to provide definitions; to provide for training and qualifications; to provide for immunities and powers of arrest; to provide for compensation; to provide for related matters; 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 48 0171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188980.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190842.pdf)
3. **SB341/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194882.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **540** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-30** Senate Hopper
- **2020-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 513 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42a914b5-0dab-475d-ad3e-81bdfd06f446`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).