---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; clarify and consolidate the definitions of the term \"teacher\""
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, so as to clarify and consolidate the definitions of the term \"teacher\"; to repeal an obsolete provision; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 345"
citation: "Georgia HB 345 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d1d062c-be20-4f3d-bd02-9e43ce607bc7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c01b272bada262d793ef32f900dce251a4ac81259674f614d2c89eff9f393ba4"
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 345 (2013_14) — Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; clarify and consolidate the definitions of the term "teacher"

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, so as to clarify and consolidate the definitions of the term "teacher"; to repeal an obsolete provision; 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. **Fiscal Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134770.pdf)
2. **HB 345/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135875.pdf)
3. **LC 21 2110/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130896.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 21 2201S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134492.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tommy Benton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-13** House Hopper
- **2013-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Act 272 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d1d062c-be20-4f3d-bd02-9e43ce607bc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).