---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Legislative Retirement System; retirement allowance; increase"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Legislative Retirement System, so as to increase the retirement allowance; to provide 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 824"
citation: "Georgia HB 824 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Mitchell", "Wes Cantrell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-25"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac259f5f-3743-4254-b7ad-bfe8fd92b495"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bf794748ea0f8a121c3c689bf8cb9deddc3349c283072d69889338eabc5b21c6"
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 824 (2021_22) — Georgia Legislative Retirement System; retirement allowance; increase

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Legislative Retirement System, so as to increase the retirement allowance; to provide 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. **Auditor's Certification LC 43 2032** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201488.pdf)
2. **Auditor's Certification LC 43 2313S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209248.pdf)
3. **HB 824/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212186.pdf)
4. **LC 43 2032/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201485.pdf)
5. **LC 43 2313S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209450.pdf)
6. **LC 43 2313S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209245.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **151–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-25** House Hopper
- **2021-03-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
- **2022-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 747 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac259f5f-3743-4254-b7ad-bfe8fd92b495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).