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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Superior Court Judicial Compensation Reform Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions concerning superior courts, so as to modify provisions regarding the compensation received by superior court judges; 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 revise provisions relating to calculating and setting the salaries of superior court judges; to provide a definition; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to laws and statutes, so as to suspend the operation of local laws or local ordinances or resolutions that use a superior court judge's salary for the calculation of the salary or compensation of other officers, officials, or employees; to provide a short title; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 85"
+citation: "Georgia HB 85 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COURTS", "GENERAL PROVISIONS", "OCGA", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "James Burchett", "Matt Reeves", "Rob Leverett", "Soo Hong", "Stan Gunter"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31d6bb88-069f-468e-a1cd-679263e47dc3"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "9916219dca109653a3bf1ee42866e659219495a6b084515e3ae3fbd0d5ee5370"
+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 85 (2025_26) — Superior Court Judicial Compensation Reform Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions concerning superior courts, so as to modify provisions regarding the compensation received by superior court judges; 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 revise provisions relating to calculating and setting the salaries of superior court judges; to provide a definition; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to laws and statutes, so as to suspend the operation of local laws or local ordinances or resolutions that use a superior court judge's salary for the calculation of the salary or compensation of other officers, officials, or employees; to provide a short title; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 85/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238065.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3176/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230101.pdf)
+3. **LC 47 3366S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233256.pdf)
+4. **LC 47 3366S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232172.pdf)
+5. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 47 0148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237967.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #317 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **18–33** (fail) · upper
+- House Vote #51 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–7** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #318 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- James Burchett — primary (person)
+- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
+- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
+- Soo Hong — primary (person)
+- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-01-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-12** Act 112 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31d6bb88-069f-468e-a1cd-679263e47dc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+