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type: "Bill"
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title: "Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-8-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reimbursement of training expenses by subsequent employer of peace officer, collection procedure, and required documentation, so as to extend the time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer of a peace officer may be sought; to provide for types of training eligible for reimbursement; 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 549"
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citation: "Georgia HB 549 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Brian Prince", "Derrick McCollum", "Devan Seabaugh", "Eddie Lumsden", "Lauren McDonald III"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2026-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8d70185-0193-4f91-a3e0-6c9717bb12e4"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "39a3c1c361334f22773f3f3dfc4b81a26ae2eec1c5d0bc30fec7549a87589971"
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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 549 (2025_26) — Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-8-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reimbursement of training expenses by subsequent employer of peace officer, collection procedure, and required documentation, so as to extend the time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer of a peace officer may be sought; to provide for types of training eligible for reimbursement; 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 549/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248111.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 4641/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233204.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **26–22** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #853 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–2** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #202 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
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- Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-06** Act 422 `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/b8d70185-0193-4f91-a3e0-6c9717bb12e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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