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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Retirement; permit governing bodies of municipal corporations to enact plans by resolution in addition to ordinance"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., related to retirement plans of the Georgia Municipal Employees Benefit System, so as to permit governing bodies of municipal corporations to enact plans or join a master plan by resolution in addition to ordinance; to designate a board of trustees for a master plan; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "SB 336"
+citation: "Georgia SB 336 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "David Lucas", "Ellis Black", "Emanuel Jones"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-04"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98307f71-3209-4391-b725-0e400f576954"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "133559a1a43d27c59e5e271f227c20225d66ebe9da5d690918323ea8faf187e9"
+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 SB 336 (2015_16) — Retirement; permit governing bodies of municipal corporations to enact plans by resolution in addition to ordinance
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., related to retirement plans of the Georgia Municipal Employees Benefit System, so as to permit governing bodies of municipal corporations to enact plans or join a master plan by resolution in addition to ordinance; to designate a board of trustees for a master plan; 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. **As introduced LC 43 0254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156553.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159222.pdf)
+3. **Fiscal Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159335.pdf)
+4. **SB 336/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162363.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **53–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- David Lucas — primary (person)
+- Ellis Black — primary (person)
+- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-04** Senate Hopper
+- **2016-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 381 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98307f71-3209-4391-b725-0e400f576954`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+