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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Magistrates Retirement Fund of Georgia; part-time chief magistrates may become members of such fund; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Magistrates Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to provide that part-time chief magistrates may become members of such fund; to provided for related matters; 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 646"
+citation: "Georgia HB 646 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Sims", "Barry Fleming", "Ben Harbin", "Tom McCall"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-03-20"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2272284-0078-4267-b28e-e4a6c9b185dc"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b43dc52cfc84c7ad9cb4fecba266cc0893ea33f23671ec44112838150f9ec295"
+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 646 (2013_14) — Magistrates Retirement Fund of Georgia; part-time chief magistrates may become members of such fund; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Magistrates Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to provide that part-time chief magistrates may become members of such fund; to provided for related matters; 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 646/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143763.pdf)
+2. **LC 21 2222/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134925.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara Sims — primary (person)
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Ben Harbin — primary (person)
+- Tom McCall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-03-20** House Hopper
+- **2013-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2014-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-29** Act 660 `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/d2272284-0078-4267-b28e-e4a6c9b185dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+