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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Judicial Retirement System; preservation of rights by certain persons; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to change certain provisions relating to preservation of rights by certain persons; to provide for membership in the system for certain persons in a full-time position requiring admission to the State Bar of Georgia as a condition of employment; to provide for an irrevocable election; to provide for a transfer of funds; to provide for creditable service; to provide for calculation of benefits; to change certain provisions relating to definitions; to provide a legislative purpose; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 243"
citation: "Georgia SB 243 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Shafer", "Jack Hill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95e5b25e-6775-4db7-ab39-2e741fa9ccb8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6b91e4aa8b79ce350a4641f2625c29fc973ac950ed125841dfd040ad933cc77f"
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 243 (2015_16) — Georgia Judicial Retirement System; preservation of rights by certain persons; change certain provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to change certain provisions relating to preservation of rights by certain persons; to provide for membership in the system for certain persons in a full-time position requiring admission to the State Bar of Georgia as a condition of employment; to provide for an irrevocable election; to provide for a transfer of funds; to provide for creditable service; to provide for calculation of benefits; to change certain provisions relating to definitions; to provide a legislative purpose; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; 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 3828** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152649.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156200.pdf)
3. **Auditors Certification - Actuarial Investigation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157445.pdf)
4. **SB 243/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162233.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **500** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David Shafer — primary (person)
- Jack Hill — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-03-26** Senate Hopper
- **2015-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-01-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-02-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-02-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Veto V13 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95e5b25e-6775-4db7-ab39-2e741fa9ccb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).