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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia State Indemnification Commission; abolish and authorize commissioner of administrative services to assume duties; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insuring and indemnification of public officers and employees, so as abolish the Georgia State Indemnification Commission and authorize the commissioner of administrative services to assume the duties of said commission in the administration of the indemnification program and in considering appeals of initial decisions in order to correct errors in approving or denying any claims; to require the department to file a report regarding the indemnification program; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 437"
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citation: "Georgia HB 437 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Clint Crowe", "Derrick McCollum", "Eddie Lumsden", "Ken Vance"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-15"
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last_action: "2023-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bce07de8-1f5e-4b22-a9ae-c9e8a9832fd5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3534fdfde722e1a925e1970c0cbf20b32e7c828a98703e884aaaf9089a128bff"
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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 437 (2023_24) — Georgia State Indemnification Commission; abolish and authorize commissioner of administrative services to assume duties; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insuring and indemnification of public officers and employees, so as abolish the Georgia State Indemnification Commission and authorize the commissioner of administrative services to assume the duties of said commission in the administration of the indemnification program and in considering appeals of initial decisions in order to correct errors in approving or denying any claims; to require the department to file a report regarding the indemnification program; 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 437/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219925.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 5490/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214866.pdf)
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3. **LC 36 5523S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217096.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 5523S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216683.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #332 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #171 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
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- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Ken Vance — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-15** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** Act 335 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** 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/bce07de8-1f5e-4b22-a9ae-c9e8a9832fd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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