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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Judicial Retirement System; board of trustees; authority to determine the time/circumstances of paying benefits; qualified plan under federal law"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to salary, retirement, death, and disability benefits under the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to provide that the board of trustees shall have the authority to determine the time and circumstances of paying benefits to the extent necessary to preserve the retirement system's status as a qualified plan under federal law; to provide that a prohibition against a person receiving a pension from accepting public employment shall apply to persons who become members on or after July 1, 2014, without regard to age; to require notice to the board of trustees of such employment; to provide for penalties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "Georgia SB 142 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fran Millar"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1874440c-c715-4557-8971-bb8d9f036e08"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "948148043ace742fc67a252236e003c6efb52798ee572762083ad31b15ed6bb8"
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 SB 142 (2013_14) — Georgia Judicial Retirement System; board of trustees; authority to determine the time/circumstances of paying benefits; qualified plan under federal law
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to salary, retirement, death, and disability benefits under the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to provide that the board of trustees shall have the authority to determine the time and circumstances of paying benefits to the extent necessary to preserve the retirement system's status as a qualified plan under federal law; to provide that a prohibition against a person receiving a pension from accepting public employment shall apply to persons who become members on or after July 1, 2014, without regard to age; to require notice to the board of trustees of such employment; to provide for penalties; 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 21 2051** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130415.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132795.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 21 2123S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131679.pdf)
4. **Fiscal Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130442.pdf)
5. **LC 21 2187S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134493.pdf)
6. **SB 142/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137174.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fran Millar — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-11** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 215 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1874440c-c715-4557-8971-bb8d9f036e08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).