republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1020.md

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Bill	Judicial Retirement System; payment of monthly retirement benefits for creditable service as a district attorney at the age of 65 years; provide	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 provide for the payment of monthly retirement benefits for creditable service as a district attorney at the age of 65 years; to provide for calculation of benefits for individuals who first become members after the effective date of this Act; to provide for calculation of survivors benefits; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1020	Georgia HB 1020 (2025_26)	bill	COURTS GENERAL PROVISIONS OCGA PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS	enacted	Chuck Efstration Matt Reeves Rob Leverett Stan Gunter Trey Kelley Tyler Paul Smith	11	20	3	2026-01-27	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/bc0dbbf4-7691-47c8-9fb5-97cb3fdfb630	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2aed10fd04aa62fb2b12b17598406ce3bc546a569107c7e0c56c6ac799d83dc8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1020 (2025_26) — Judicial Retirement System; payment of monthly retirement benefits for creditable service as a district attorney at the age of 65 years; provide

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 provide for the payment of monthly retirement benefits for creditable service as a district attorney at the age of 65 years; to provide for calculation of benefits for individuals who first become members after the effective date of this Act; to provide for calculation of survivors benefits; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for an effective date; 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. AM 56 0058 Auditor's Certification (committee substitute) — source
2. Auditor's Certification (committee substitute) — source
3. Auditor's Certification LC 56 0476 (committee substitute) — source
4. Auditor's Certification LC 56 0573S (committee substitute) — source
5. HB 1020/AP* (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 56 0476/a (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 56 0573S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
8. LC 56 0573S/hs (committee substitute) — source
9. SCSFA to HB 1020 (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen Ctee Sub LC 56 0664S (committee substitute) — source
11. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 56 0058 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #770 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 100–55 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #791 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 32–19 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #532 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-27 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-01-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-12 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-19 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-09 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-23 Senate Notice to Reconsider
• 2026-03-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 716 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc0dbbf4-7691-47c8-9fb5-97cb3fdfb630. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).