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type: "Bill"
title: "Public officers and employees; annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals, superior court judges and district attorneys; repeal provisions"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 279"
citation: "Georgia HB 279 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Jay Powell", "Mary Oliver", "Richard Smith", "Stacey Abrams", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-09"
last_action: "2015-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cd033a0-f778-488d-be1c-aada070a62d8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3c6d58d111b1dc923d75e26ccda52abc09943c07b9d740d85fdbecca5054316f"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153498.pdf)
2. **Floor Amendment AM 29 2375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150895.pdf)
3. **HB 279/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153967.pdf)
4. **HB 279/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150915.pdf)
5. **LC 29 6334/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147110.pdf)
6. **LC 29 6493S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149951.pdf)
7. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6628S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152305.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cd033a0-f778-488d-be1c-aada070a62d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).