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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as to authorize the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; to provide for qualification standards for indemnification claims relating to certain deaths of public safety officers related to COVID-19; to provide for timing requirements for application of such indemnification claims; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "SB 56"
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citation: "Georgia SB 56 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Blake Tillery", "Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Chuck Payne", "Drew Echols", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Randy Robertson", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Shawn Still", "Steve Gooch", "Timothy Bearden"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/940220d6-0b24-495a-9c06-6e6807a2bc46"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "51f2007eafb70201259fcce264701dd60641ae8a0d49735c0bc8a87fb37e7688"
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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 SB 56 (2025_26) — Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as to authorize the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; to provide for qualification standards for indemnification claims relating to certain deaths of public safety officers related to COVID-19; to provide for timing requirements for application of such indemnification claims; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235018.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 39 4428** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230601.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 46 1123S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232719.pdf)
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4. **SB 56/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237933.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #325 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #134 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **54–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 281 `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/940220d6-0b24-495a-9c06-6e6807a2bc46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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