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type: "Bill"
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title: "Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; allow certain sworn law enforcement officers to be eligible for retirement benefits at age 55; provisions"
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description: "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."
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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 438"
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citation: "Georgia HB 438 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES", "RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Bill Hitchens", "Clint Crowe", "Deborah Silcox", "Eddie Lumsden", "Shaw Blackmon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef185cba-bb28-4ac5-a1b9-e2db1cd9d608"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "381be569688eed6c0778750a583f521bb4b1260ebc80290920c1134601c3ec53"
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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 438 (2025_26) — Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; allow certain sworn law enforcement officers to be eligible for retirement benefits at age 55; provisions
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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.
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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. **Actuarial Investigation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246213.pdf)
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2. **Auditor's Certification LC 56 0281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232334.pdf)
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3. **HB 438/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247668.pdf)
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4. **LC 56 0281/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232318.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #804 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #646 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Beth Camp — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 439 `executive-signature`
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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/ef185cba-bb28-4ac5-a1b9-e2db1cd9d608`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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