republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-85.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 85	Georgia HB 85 (2025_26)	bill	COURTS GENERAL PROVISIONS OCGA PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES	enacted	Chuck Efstration James Burchett Matt Reeves Rob Leverett Soo Hong Stan Gunter	5	15	3	2025-01-16	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/31d6bb88-069f-468e-a1cd-679263e47dc3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9916219dca109653a3bf1ee42866e659219495a6b084515e3ae3fbd0d5ee5370	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. LC 47 3176/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 3366S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 47 3366S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 47 0148 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/31d6bb88-069f-468e-a1cd-679263e47dc3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).