republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-489.md

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Bill	Board of Commissioners of the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; allow to set monthly dues	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to allow the Board of Commissioners of the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia to set monthly dues; to provide for limitations on such authority; to provide for factors in such determination; to increase the fee on marriage licenses; to increase the fee on civil filings; to increase the fee on certain fines and bond forfeitures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 489	Georgia SB 489 (2025_26)	bill	RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS	enacted	Bo Hatchett Carden Summers Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still	4	15	2	2026-02-10	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e70adada-3108-42de-a854-0ff43a3420a6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3976758f59e607f234e69d048329992b39ba5c06b6859a4b1ca1c59b5e3426a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 489 (2025_26) — Board of Commissioners of the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; allow to set monthly dues

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to allow the Board of Commissioners of the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia to set monthly dues; to provide for limitations on such authority; to provide for factors in such determination; to increase the fee on marriage licenses; to increase the fee on civil filings; to increase the fee on certain fines and bond forfeitures; 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. As Introduced LC 56 0507 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Auditor's Certification (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 489/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #731 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 161–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #617 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-10 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-03-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 515 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e70adada-3108-42de-a854-0ff43a3420a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).