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| Bill | Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; allow certain sworn law enforcement officers to be eligible for retirement benefits at age 55; provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to allow all sworn law enforcement officers serving in and the commissioner and deputy commissioner of the Department of Public Safety to be eligible for regular retirement benefits at the age of 55 years, certain disability benefits, and certain provisions for purchasing creditable service; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | HB 438 | Georgia HB 438 (2025_26) |
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Georgia HB 438 (2025_26) — Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; allow certain sworn law enforcement officers to be eligible for retirement benefits at age 55; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to allow all sworn law enforcement officers serving in and the commissioner and deputy commissioner of the Department of Public Safety to be eligible for regular retirement benefits at the age of 55 years, certain disability benefits, and certain provisions for purchasing creditable service; 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.
- Actuarial Investigation (committee substitute) — source
- Auditor's Certification LC 56 0281 (committee substitute) — source
- HB 438/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 56 0281/a (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #804 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #646 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 159–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Beth Camp — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-12 House Hopper
introduction - 2025-02-13 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2025-02-18 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-04 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2026-03-06 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2026-03-25 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2026-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-05-11 Act 439
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef185cba-bb28-4ac5-a1b9-e2db1cd9d608. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).