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type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Retirement System; payment of monthly retirement benefits for creditable service as a district attorney at the age of 65 years; provide"
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 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1020"
citation: "Georgia HB 1020 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "GENERAL PROVISIONS", "OCGA", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES", "RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Matt Reeves", "Rob Leverett", "Stan Gunter", "Trey Kelley", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc0dbbf4-7691-47c8-9fb5-97cb3fdfb630"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2aed10fd04aa62fb2b12b17598406ce3bc546a569107c7e0c56c6ac799d83dc8"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246997.pdf)
2. **Auditor's Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246098.pdf)
3. **Auditor's Certification LC 56 0476** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240258.pdf)
4. **Auditor's Certification LC 56 0573S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242618.pdf)
5. **HB 1020/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247644.pdf)
6. **LC 56 0476/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240206.pdf)
7. **LC 56 0573S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243277.pdf)
8. **LC 56 0573S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242543.pdf)
9. **SCSFA to HB 1020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247085.pdf)
10. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 56 0664S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246097.pdf)
11. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 56 0058** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246999.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc0dbbf4-7691-47c8-9fb5-97cb3fdfb630`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).