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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local government; restrict ability of county governing authorities to reduce funding for county police departments"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county police, so as to restrict the ability of county governing authorities to reduce funding for county police departments; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to municipal corporations, so as to restrict the ability of municipal or consolidated government governing authorities to reduce funding for municipal police departments; to provide for exceptions; 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 286"
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citation: "Georgia HB 286 (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: ["Houston Gaines", "J Collins", "Joseph Gullett", "Katie Dempsey", "Marcus Wiedower", "Trey Kelley"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-03"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4ef3593-4c68-4858-9bad-272d50a95eda"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7528ad2896507b5357630ec49236b6fa05ae2e20575da188b4ea9ae4f05b5254"
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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 286 (2021_22) — Local government; restrict ability of county governing authorities to reduce funding for county police departments
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county police, so as to restrict the ability of county governing authorities to reduce funding for county police departments; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to municipal corporations, so as to restrict the ability of municipal or consolidated government governing authorities to reduce funding for municipal police departments; to provide for exceptions; 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 286/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202454.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0698/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196699.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 0821S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198672.pdf)
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4. **LC 47 0821S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198035.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3044S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200845.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **101–69** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- J Collins — primary (person)
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- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — 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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- **2021-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-23** House Postponed
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- **2021-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-15** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-07** Act 263 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/b4ef3593-4c68-4858-9bad-272d50a95eda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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