Payment of Indemnification for Death or Disability; option of payment to an estate in the case of death; law enforcement officer; firefighter; emergency medical technician, emergency management specialist, state highway employee or prison guard; provide
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-9-85 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to payment of indemnification for death or disability, procedure for making payments, and appeal, so as to provide for the option of payment to an estate in the case of death suffered in the line of duty by a law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, emergency management specialist, state highway employee, or prison guard; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
House Passage
Mar 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2018
Last action Mar 29, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 29, 2018
Introduced
Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 27, 2018
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 9, 2018
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 14, 2018
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 8, 2018
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Jan 31, 2018
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
26 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Watson
RRepublican
P
Bill Cowsert
RRepublican
P
Blake Tillery
RRepublican
P
Bruce Thompson
RRepublican
P
Burt Jones
RRepublican
P
Butch Miller
RRepublican
P
Chuck Payne
RRepublican
P
David Shafer
RRepublican
P
Dean Burke
RRepublican
P
Fran Millar
RRepublican
P
Frank Ginn
RRepublican
P
Greg Kirk
RRepublican
P
Jack Hill
RRepublican
P
Jeff Mullis
RRepublican
P
John Albers
RRepublican
P
John Wilkinson
RRepublican
P
Joshua McKoon
RRepublican
P
Kay Kirkpatrick
RRepublican
P
Lee Anderson
RRepublican
P
Lindsey Tippins
RRepublican
P
Michael Williams
RRepublican
P
Mike Dugan
RRepublican
P
Steve Gooch
RRepublican
P
Steve Henson
DDemocratic
P
Tonya Anderson
DDemocratic
P
Tyler Harper
RRepublican
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