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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Firefighter's Pension Fund; certain members to retire at age 50; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., relating to retirement, retirement allowances, disability benefits, and death benefits relative to the Georgia Firefighter's Pension Fund, so as to provide for certain members to retire at age 50; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., the \"Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law,\" so as to provide for an exception for the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund to invest in assets rated below investment grade; to provide for related matters; 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: "SB 143"
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citation: "Georgia SB 143 (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: ["Chuck Payne", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-11"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab04c5e5-14a7-4348-b396-04e04f1ee416"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "29d9fc23c344ccc02c4795dae4aed3fea907cca3d149be01b1800092429df14f"
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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 SB 143 (2025_26) — Georgia Firefighter's Pension Fund; certain members to retire at age 50; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., relating to retirement, retirement allowances, disability benefits, and death benefits relative to the Georgia Firefighter's Pension Fund, so as to provide for certain members to retire at age 50; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., the "Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law," so as to provide for an exception for the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund to invest in assets rated below investment grade; to provide for related matters; 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/20252026/241697.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242823.pdf)
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3. **As introduced LC 56 0297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231998.pdf)
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4. **Auditor's Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241696.pdf)
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5. **Auditor's Certification LC 56 0711S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248201.pdf)
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6. **Committee Sub LC 56 0555S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241695.pdf)
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7. **LC 56 0297 Auditor's Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232017.pdf)
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8. **LC 56 0711S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248196.pdf)
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9. **SB 143/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249149.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #809 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #550 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–3** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #941 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — 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** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 630 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/ab04c5e5-14a7-4348-b396-04e04f1ee416`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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