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84 lines
4.9 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fire protection and safety; random drug tests for certain firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, paramedics, and cardiac technicians; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 25 and Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to firefighter standards and training and to emergency medical services personnel, respectively, so as to require random drug tests for certain firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, paramedics, and cardiac technicians; to provide for licensure and certification of emergency medical services personnel, paramedics, and cardiac technicians previously convicted of a felony; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 275"
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citation: "Georgia HB 275 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Calvin Smyre", "J Collins", "Lauren McDonald", "Matt Hatchett", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-03"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aa52975-5a89-4bd7-9aa0-909a4ca61fbd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "921175acc5c091d628c3fda0a3e6fca6f7be1ce089827e19664ba1fa3f6ef295"
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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 275 (2021_22) — Fire protection and safety; random drug tests for certain firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, paramedics, and cardiac technicians; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 25 and Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to firefighter standards and training and to emergency medical services personnel, respectively, so as to require random drug tests for certain firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, paramedics, and cardiac technicians; to provide for licensure and certification of emergency medical services personnel, paramedics, and cardiac technicians previously convicted of a felony; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 39 0337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212142.pdf)
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2. **HB 275/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212231.pdf)
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3. **LC 39 2815/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196681.pdf)
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4. **LC 39 2928S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199062.pdf)
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5. **LC 39 2928S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198404.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3265S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207127.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **132–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
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- J Collins — primary (person)
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- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-03** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2022-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-02** Act 740 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/5aa52975-5a89-4bd7-9aa0-909a4ca61fbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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