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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local Fire Departments; procedures for organization, issuance and revocation of certificates of compliance; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 and Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to minimum requirements for local fire departments and general provisions relative to firefighter standards and training, respectively, so as to provide for procedures for organization, issuance and revocation of certificates of compliance, requirements, and training and standards of fire departments and volunteer fire departments; to establish the Georgia Volunteer Fire Service Council; to amend Code Section 45-9-101 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions relative to the temporary disability compensation program, so as to revise a definition; 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: "SB 342"
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citation: "Georgia SB 342 (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: ["Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-01-31"
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last_action: "2021-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c1235c8-b50b-4219-8154-f1190bd8ba79"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8f466bbab40039630019319e93ea56cef6e04ca4a15c70ed3536c30ff2839414"
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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 SB 342 (2019_20) — Local Fire Departments; procedures for organization, issuance and revocation of certificates of compliance; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 and Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to minimum requirements for local fire departments and general provisions relative to firefighter standards and training, respectively, so as to provide for procedures for organization, issuance and revocation of certificates of compliance, requirements, and training and standards of fire departments and volunteer fire departments; to establish the Georgia Volunteer Fire Service Council; to amend Code Section 45-9-101 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions relative to the temporary disability compensation program, so as to revise a definition; 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. **As introduced LC 39 2480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189085.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190965.pdf)
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3. **SB342/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194645.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-31** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** Act 542 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-01-01** 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/0c1235c8-b50b-4219-8154-f1190bd8ba79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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