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40 bills for “Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies”.
Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; covered immigration officers to wear body cameras during public immigration enforcement functions; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would require federal immigration enforcement officers, specifically ICE agents, to wear activated body cameras while carrying out public enforcement actions inside Georgia.
Law enforcement officers and agencies; certain federal agents to clearly identify themselves while in the performance of their duties; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require federal ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents to wear visible ID badges, agency-marked uniforms, and use clearly marked vehicles while performing duties in Georgia.
Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; covered immigration officers wear visible identification during public immigration enforcement functions; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would require federal immigration officers performing public enforcement actions in the state to wear visible identification showing their agency and name or badge number, and would generally bar them from wearing face coverings during those actions.
Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; federal immigration authorities from utilizing certain technologies to identify individuals for certain purposes; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would bar federal immigration authorities from using biometric surveillance technology, such as fingerprint or facial scans, to check people's immigration status.
Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; covered governmental entities from providing funding or resources in support of the operation of immigration detention centers; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would bar state and local government entities from providing funding or resources for the operation of immigration detention centers in Georgia.
Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; use of immigration detention centers in this state for two years; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would ban the operation or use of immigration detention centers in the state for a two-year period, from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2028.
Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 99 adds a formal definition of "law enforcement officer" to Georgia's criminal code, covering peace officers, out-of-state and federal officers assisting Georgia agencies, and untrained new chiefs of police.
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at the Capitol; February 26, 2026; commending law enforcement officers in Georgia; recognize
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution designates February 26, 2026, as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at the Capitol and formally commends the state's law enforcement officers for their service.
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; provide financial assistance to law enforcement agencies to equip certain motor vehicles with bullet-resistant features; establish grant program
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 967 would let Georgia's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council run a grant program that helps local law enforcement agencies pay to add bullet-resistant windows and door panels to patrol vehicles.
Police Chiefs and Head of Law Enforcement Agencies Recognition Day at the Capitol; recognize February 11, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate resolution designates February 11, 2026, as Police Chiefs and Head of Law Enforcement Agencies Recognition Day at the Capitol, honoring the state's police chiefs and agency heads.
Police Chiefs and Heads of Law Enforcement Agencies Recognition Day; recognize March 6, 2025
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate resolution designates March 6, 2025 as Police Chiefs and Heads of Law Enforcement Agencies Recognition Day at the Georgia state capitol, honoring the state's police chiefs and agency heads.
Police Chiefs and Heads of Law Enforcement Agencies Recognition Day at the Capitol; 02/11/26; recognize
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution designates February 11, 2026 as Police Chiefs and Heads of Law Enforcement Agencies Recognition Day at the State Capitol, honoring the state's police leadership.
Police Chiefs and Heads of Law Enforcement Agencies Recognition Day at the state capitol; March 6, 2025; recognize
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution recognizes March 6, 2025 as Police Chiefs and Heads of Law Enforcement Agencies Recognition Day at the state capitol, honoring the state's police leadership.
Law enforcement officers and agencies; authorize county and municipal law enforcement agencies to employ civilian personnel to assist in certain investigations
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 915 would let Georgia county and municipal police departments hire unarmed civilian employees, called civilian community responders, to help investigate minor traffic accidents and property crimes.
Peace Officers; the definition of law enforcement unit and peace officer to include members of police forces of nonprofit private colleges and universities; revise
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let police forces at nonprofit private colleges and universities count as official law enforcement units and their officers as certified peace officers under state law.
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day; recognize March 10, 2025
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate resolution designates March 10, 2025, as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at the Capitol and formally commends the state's police officers, sheriffs, and other law enforcement personnel.
Law enforcement officers and agencies; protection of student data from immigration officials under certain circumstances; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would limit how public schools share student information with immigration enforcement and generally bar immigration officers from school grounds without a judicial warrant.
Motor vehicles; enforcement of speeding violations in school zones through automated traffic enforcement safety devices; repeal all laws
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate substitute for HB 225 would repeal the state law allowing school zone speed cameras and ban local governments from signing new or renewed camera enforcement contracts starting July 1, 2027.
Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 549 changes how long a new police department has to reimburse a peace officer's prior training costs when it hires that officer away, extending the window from 15 months to 36 months and spelling out exactly what expenses count.
Speed Detection Devices; all laws relative to enforcement of speeding violations in school zones through the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; repeal
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would eliminate the state law allowing automated speed cameras in school zones and bar local governments and police from entering new camera enforcement contracts starting immediately, with the repeal of underlying camera laws taking effect July 1, 2026.
Law enforcement officers and agencies; require consent or a court order to withdraw blood from persons who are to be incarcerated or are to be released for DNA testing
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require written consent or a court order before officers can draw blood from people entering or leaving state detention facilities for mandatory DNA testing.
Law Enforcement Partners Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create a statewide legal definition of 'law enforcement officer' covering state, local, out-of-state, and federal officers, and apply that definition to the law governing arrest powers.
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day; recognize February 26, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate resolution designates February 26, 2026 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at the state capitol, honoring local, state, and federal officers.
State Law Enforcement Officer Plan or 'SLEO Plan'; establish
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 808 would create a new optional retirement plan, the State Law Enforcement Officer Plan, for state (not local) police officers in dozens of Georgia agencies, offering enhanced pension benefits in exchange for higher contributions and a later retirement date.
Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require every public and private K-12 school to install a key box giving local law enforcement quick access to campus buildings during emergencies, unless the school already has an equivalent rapid-access program.
Mathis, Chief Stone; Columbus Police Department; named the Georgia Chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates' Phyllis Goodwin Agency of the Year; commend
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution congratulates Chief Stone Mathis and the Columbus Police Department for winning the Georgia Chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates' Phyllis Goodwin Agency of the Year award.
Public Safety, Department of; Motor Carrier Compliance Division to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; change name
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 116 renames the Department of Public Safety's Motor Carrier Compliance Division as Commercial Vehicle Enforcement and requires its law enforcement officers to be trained, sworn, and certified.
"Dorothy Mae Smith Wright Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill named for Dorothy Mae Smith Wright would limit when police can start high-speed vehicle chases, requiring probable cause of a violent crime or an immediate safety threat before an officer engages in a pursuit.
Torts; remedies for deprivation of constitutional rights of state citizens by civil immigration enforcement officers; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let state residents sue civil immigration enforcement officers in state court if those officers violate their constitutional rights, and would let winning plaintiffs recover attorney's fees.
Law enforcement agencies; option to destroy or sell certain firearms; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 80 would let Georgia sheriffs, police chiefs, and other law enforcement agencies choose to destroy or sell unclaimed and crime-related firearms instead of being required to auction them, removing a rule that auctions happen at least once a year.
Torts; deprivation of constitutional rights of state citizens by civil immigration enforcement officers; provide remedies
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let state residents sue civil immigration enforcement officers who knowingly violate their constitutional rights, and would let winning plaintiffs collect attorney's fees and, in some cases, punitive damages.
State Law Enforcement Officer Plan' or 'SLEO Plan'; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create a new optional retirement plan, the State Law Enforcement Officer Plan, letting a defined list of state law enforcement officers choose enhanced pension benefits in exchange for higher contributions.
Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; persons requesting booking photographs to provide the first and last names of the individuals in the photographs; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill, as revised by a House committee, would require anyone requesting police booking photos or law enforcement videos to name the person shown, and would let agencies withhold recordings of a person's death from the public.
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), Community Service Boards (CSBs), and First Responders; commend
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate resolution commends the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, community service boards, and Co-Responder programs, and designates February 19, 2025 as Co-Responder Day at the state capitol.
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), community service boards (CSBs), and first responders; commend
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution commends the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and local Co-Responder programs, and designates February 19, 2025 as Co-Responder Day at the state capitol.
"Daniel D. Podsiadly, Jr. Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 279 would require Georgia's workers' compensation board and law enforcement agencies to notify disabled peace officers about state benefit programs when they are hurt on duty during interactions with suspects, arrestees, or inmates.
County Marshals' Day; recognize March 11, 2025
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate resolution recognizes March 11, 2025 as County Marshals' Day at the Georgia state capitol, honoring the work of county marshals and deputy marshals across the state.
State Law Enforcement Officer Plan' or 'SLEO Plan'; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create an optional enhanced retirement plan for certain state law enforcement officers, letting them contribute more in exchange for a richer pension formula and a deferred payout account.
Retirement and Pension; maximum employer contribution to a 401(k) for certain state law enforcement officers; increase
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 452 would boost how much state agencies contribute to certain law enforcement officers' 401(k) retirement accounts, raising the maximum employer match for these officers above what other state employees receive.
Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let public and private K-12 schools install exterior key boxes for police and emergency responders, with the location set jointly by school officials and local emergency agencies.