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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Officers; suspension of compensation because of indictment for a felony; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vacation of office, so as to provide for the suspension of compensation for certain public officers who are suspended because of indictment for a felony; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 337"
citation: "Georgia SB 337 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Dean Burke", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acfc72f3-0899-4151-a448-d0e6ddc25048"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4e8efe586630790e1b1b4755e25c9a7a8ce6ed6a678488008999c5731a3e9e17"
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 337 (2021_22) — Public Officers; suspension of compensation because of indictment for a felony; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vacation of office, so as to provide for the suspension of compensation for certain public officers who are suspended because of indictment for a felony; 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 28 0365** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203419.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207951.pdf)
3. **LC 47 1817S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210234.pdf)
4. **SB 337/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211340.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **455** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-14** Senate Hopper
- **2022-01-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-13** Act 869 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acfc72f3-0899-4151-a448-d0e6ddc25048`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).