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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Employees' Assurance Department; assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased individual who was a member of certain retirement systems; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 19 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Employees' Assurance Department, so as to provide for the assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased individual who was a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, Georgia Legislative Retirement System, or Georgia Judicial Retirement System; to provide for a definition; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1234"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1234 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis", "Darlene Taylor", "Lauren McDonald III", "Mary Ann Santos", "Patty Marie Stinson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-06"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fff93e1-20fa-4a15-9350-5e91e10055ea"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c531c40740961d62c4b4dc3430fce2e7084ea6d678b3d396ed18a9e004f726d0"
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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 1234 (2025_26) — State Employees' Assurance Department; assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased individual who was a member of certain retirement systems; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 19 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Employees' Assurance Department, so as to provide for the assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased individual who was a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, Georgia Legislative Retirement System, or Georgia Judicial Retirement System; to provide for a definition; 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. **Auditor's Certification LC 52 0970** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241899.pdf)
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2. **HB 1234/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246705.pdf)
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3. **LC 52 0970/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241855.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #755 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #625 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
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- Mary Ann Santos — primary (person)
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- Patty Marie Stinson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 631 `executive-signature`
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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/5fff93e1-20fa-4a15-9350-5e91e10055ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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