republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-580.md

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Bill	Superior Court Clerk's Retirement Fund; provide spousal survivor's benefit	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-14-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility and application for retirement benefits under the Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund, additional or partial retirement benefits, and election to provide both retirement and survivors benefits, so as to provide for a spousal survivor's benefit; to provide for an actuarially reduced member's benefit; to provide for an increase in benefits in the event of the death of the spouse or entry of an order of divorce; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 580	Georgia HB 580 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Howard Maxwell Paul Battles Tom Weldon	2	17	1	2013-03-11	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e811418a-67d9-44e5-82c1-7b40e1d4b3d5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d2ed0efc131e5026864cf8261434be3cbeef78b81440955df328ec68570370d6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 580 (2013_14) — Superior Court Clerk's Retirement Fund; provide spousal survivor's benefit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-14-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility and application for retirement benefits under the Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund, additional or partial retirement benefits, and election to provide both retirement and survivors benefits, so as to provide for a spousal survivor's benefit; to provide for an actuarially reduced member's benefit; to provide for an increase in benefits in the event of the death of the spouse or entry of an order of divorce; 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. HB 580/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 2190/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
• Paul Battles — primary (person)
• Tom Weldon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-11 House Hopper
• 2013-03-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-05 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-03 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-12 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-20 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-27 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 502 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e811418a-67d9-44e5-82c1-7b40e1d4b3d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).