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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; create and maintain an at-risk adult training course focusing on officer response to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of police officers, so as to require the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council to create and maintain an at-risk adult training course focusing on officer response to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia; to provide for requirements for such course; to provide for collaborative course development with the Division of Aging Services; 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 238"
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citation: "Georgia HB 238 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Clint Crowe", "Eddie Lumsden", "Lauren McDonald III", "Stan Gunter"]
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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: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e1e6ebd-c5aa-4182-87a1-a93b17811ac8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e508b595c44b774ce442146dc206aad367530817feb504e38f2dc8d22ae6b7b6"
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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 238 (2025_26) — Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; create and maintain an at-risk adult training course focusing on officer response to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of police officers, so as to require the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council to create and maintain an at-risk adult training course focusing on officer response to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia; to provide for requirements for such course; to provide for collaborative course development with the Division of Aging Services; 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 238/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239291.pdf)
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2. **LC 56 0262/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231156.pdf)
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3. **LC 56 0301S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235243.pdf)
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4. **LC 56 0301S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234257.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #463 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #177 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–0** (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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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 309 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/3e1e6ebd-c5aa-4182-87a1-a93b17811ac8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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