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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law Enforcement Officers; provide governing authority; employs sworn police officers who are P.O.S.T certified; policies; disability in line of duty"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to provide that the governing authority of each municipality and county in this state and each board of education which employs sworn police officers who are P.O.S.T. certified may adopt policies under which such sworn officers, upon their retirement or upon leaving such employment as a result of a disability arising in the line of duty, may retain his or her weapon and badge; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 263"
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citation: "Georgia SB 263 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Bruce Thompson", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Charlie Bethel", "Chuck Hufstetler", "David Shafer", "Ed Harbison", "Elena Parent", "Emanuel Jones", "Greg Kirk", "Harold Jones II", "Hunter Hill", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Judson Hill", "Marty Harbin", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Mike Crane", "Mike Dugan", "Rick Jeffares", "Steve Gooch", "Tommie Williams", "Tyler Harper", "Vincent Fort", "William Jackson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-12"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d69a3519-2a0d-4fcd-b2ed-d24797618960"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4b33085a7de9c0a80f8530b21d1fcb8e36cd4fc21164424e39c2e150dff1cebd"
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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 263 (2015_16) — Law Enforcement Officers; provide governing authority; employs sworn police officers who are P.O.S.T certified; policies; disability in line of duty
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to provide that the governing authority of each municipality and county in this state and each board of education which employs sworn police officers who are P.O.S.T. certified may adopt policies under which such sworn officers, upon their retirement or upon leaving such employment as a result of a disability arising in the line of duty, may retain his or her weapon and badge; 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. **As introduced LC 28 7752** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154357.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155977.pdf)
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3. **SB 263/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161119.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **50–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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- Mike Crane — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- Vincent Fort — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-12** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-01-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-01-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-01-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-01-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-01-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 609 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/d69a3519-2a0d-4fcd-b2ed-d24797618960`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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