republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-279.md

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Bill	Public officers and employees; annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals, superior court judges and district attorneys; repeal provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act 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 repeal provisions relating to the annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals Judges, superior court judges and district attorneys; to enact provisions relating to the annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals Judges, superior court judges and district attorneys; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 279	Georgia HB 279 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Barry Fleming Jay Powell Mary Oliver Richard Smith Stacey Abrams Wendell Willard	7	17	1	2015-02-09	2015-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/1cd033a0-f778-488d-be1c-aada070a62d8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3c6d58d111b1dc923d75e26ccda52abc09943c07b9d740d85fdbecca5054316f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 279 (2015_16) — Public officers and employees; annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals, superior court judges and district attorneys; repeal provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act 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 repeal provisions relating to the annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals Judges, superior court judges and district attorneys; to enact provisions relating to the annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals Judges, superior court judges and district attorneys; 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. Floor Amendment - AM 29 2445 (committee substitute) — source
2. Floor Amendment AM 29 2375 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 279/AP* (committee substitute) — source
4. HB 279/CSFA (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 29 6334/a (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 29 6493S/hs (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6628S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 142–21 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Richard Smith — primary (person)
• Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-09 House Hopper
• 2015-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-14 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 138 executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cd033a0-f778-488d-be1c-aada070a62d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).