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type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement; permit governing bodies of municipal corporations to enact plans by resolution in addition to ordinance"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., related to retirement plans of the Georgia Municipal Employees Benefit System, so as to permit governing bodies of municipal corporations to enact plans or join a master plan by resolution in addition to ordinance; to designate a board of trustees for a master plan; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 336"
citation: "Georgia SB 336 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "David Lucas", "Ellis Black", "Emanuel Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-04"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98307f71-3209-4391-b725-0e400f576954"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "133559a1a43d27c59e5e271f227c20225d66ebe9da5d690918323ea8faf187e9"
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 336 (2015_16) — Retirement; permit governing bodies of municipal corporations to enact plans by resolution in addition to ordinance
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., related to retirement plans of the Georgia Municipal Employees Benefit System, so as to permit governing bodies of municipal corporations to enact plans or join a master plan by resolution in addition to ordinance; to designate a board of trustees for a master plan; 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 43 0254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156553.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159222.pdf)
3. **Fiscal Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159335.pdf)
4. **SB 336/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162363.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **531** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- David Lucas — primary (person)
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-04** Senate Hopper
- **2016-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 381 `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/98307f71-3209-4391-b725-0e400f576954`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).