republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-505.md

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Bill	Communications Officers; 9-1-1 communications officers receive training in the delivery of high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 35-8-23, 38-3-181, and 46-5-138.2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to basic training course for communications officers, definitions relative to emergency communications authority, and "director" defined and training and instruction, respectively, so as to require that 9-1-1 communications officers receive training in the delivery of high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation; to provide training requirements; to provide for compliance reviews; to provide for the establishment of continuing education units for communications officers; to provide for a definition; to require certain training for directors of public safety answering points; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 505	Georgia SB 505 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Butch Miller Jeff Mullis John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Randy Robertson	4	16	1	2022-02-11	2022-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/3da2756f-70f5-4e38-94e6-a63b7dc6de2b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	75a6e6f5cccd94fda51021a05aa6faa19b2e11dc4ede905d52ed8f83b199ccdb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 505 (2021_22) — Communications Officers; 9-1-1 communications officers receive training in the delivery of high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 35-8-23, 38-3-181, and 46-5-138.2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to basic training course for communications officers, definitions relative to emergency communications authority, and "director" defined and training and instruction, respectively, so as to require that 9-1-1 communications officers receive training in the delivery of high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation; to provide training requirements; to provide for compliance reviews; to provide for the establishment of continuing education units for communications officers; to provide for a definition; to require certain training for directors of public safety answering points; 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 39 3218 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 3469S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 505/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-02-11 Senate Hopper
• 2022-02-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2022-02-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2022-02-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-02-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-03-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-04-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-04-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-04-04 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-02 Act 800 executive-signature
• 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3da2756f-70f5-4e38-94e6-a63b7dc6de2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).