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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judicial Retirement System; increase retirement age of superior court judges first taking office on or after July 1, 2026"
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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 increase the retirement age of superior court judges first taking office on or after July 1, 2026; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 406"
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citation: "Georgia HB 406 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rob Leverett"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-11"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4a34035-5c1d-4b47-bb88-71b369e51c04"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f5035428389035d16901a3b16087f2452b67b13a131aa1d94be8c26cf9ce60aa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 406 (2025_26) — Judicial Retirement System; increase retirement age of superior court judges first taking office on or after July 1, 2026
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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 increase the retirement age of superior court judges first taking office on or after July 1, 2026; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Auditor's Certification LC 47 3334** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232138.pdf)
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2. **Auditor's Certification LC 56 0335S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233840.pdf)
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3. **HB 406/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236784.pdf)
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4. **LC 47 3334/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232114.pdf)
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5. **LC 56 0335S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235198.pdf)
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6. **LC 56 0335S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233839.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #259 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #164 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-11** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 264 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4a34035-5c1d-4b47-bb88-71b369e51c04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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