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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public officers and employees; annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals, superior court judges and district attorneys; repeal provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual salaries of certain state officials and cost-of-living adjustments, so as to repeal provisions relating to the annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals Judges, superior court judges and district attorneys; to enact provisions relating to the annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals Judges, superior court judges and district attorneys; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 279"
+citation: "Georgia HB 279 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Jay Powell", "Mary Oliver", "Richard Smith", "Stacey Abrams", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-09"
+last_action: "2015-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cd033a0-f778-488d-be1c-aada070a62d8"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3c6d58d111b1dc923d75e26ccda52abc09943c07b9d740d85fdbecca5054316f"
+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 279 (2015_16) — Public officers and employees; annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals, superior court judges and district attorneys; repeal provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual salaries of certain state officials and cost-of-living adjustments, so as to repeal provisions relating to the annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals Judges, superior court judges and district attorneys; to enact provisions relating to the annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals Judges, superior court judges and district attorneys; to provide for related matters; 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. **Floor Amendment - AM 29 2445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153498.pdf)
+2. **Floor Amendment AM 29 2375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150895.pdf)
+3. **HB 279/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153967.pdf)
+4. **HB 279/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150915.pdf)
+5. **LC 29 6334/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147110.pdf)
+6. **LC 29 6493S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149951.pdf)
+7. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6628S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152305.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **142–21** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Richard Smith — primary (person)
+- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 138 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cd033a0-f778-488d-be1c-aada070a62d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+