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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; define certain terms; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to define certain terms; to restrict and repeal an automatic cost-of-living benefit increase; to provide for a portion of fines and forfeited bonds for criminal, quasi-criminal, and civil cases for violating state statutes or traffic laws be paid to the fund; to provide for a member contribution; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 601"
+citation: "Georgia HB 601 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Buckner", "Howard Maxwell", "Paul Battles", "Tom Weldon", "Tyrone Brooks"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-03-12"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/436ebb5b-3236-49b9-b072-f6d29d6c2c91"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "74a747b33b378c0bc0048751230adc27c644eb2e77dcc5f460eee7537e63ab9b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 601 (2013_14) — Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; define certain terms; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to define certain terms; to restrict and repeal an automatic cost-of-living benefit increase; to provide for a portion of fines and forfeited bonds for criminal, quasi-criminal, and civil cases for violating state statutes or traffic laws be paid to the fund; to provide for a member contribution; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 601/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144973.pdf)
+2. **LC 21 2151/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134300.pdf)
+3. **LC 21 2249S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141579.pdf)
+4. **LC 21 2249S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140585.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
+- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
+- Paul Battles — primary (person)
+- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
+- Tyrone Brooks — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-03-12** House Hopper
+- **2013-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-15** Act 503 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/436ebb5b-3236-49b9-b072-f6d29d6c2c91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+