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type: "Bill"
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title: "Retirement; permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers; extend the program"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., relating to retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits, so as to extend the program to permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers in a full-time capacity to June 30, 2034; to reduce the number of years worked by a beneficiary to 25 before being eligible to be hired under this Code section; 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 150"
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citation: "Georgia SB 150 (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: ["Billy Hickman", "Chuck Payne", "Jason Anavitarte", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Shawn Still", "Steve Gooch"]
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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: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/508eeed5-bab8-4e5b-ad92-3f3d6a274e08"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c9dac010522a3c27aa4919af7294ff54d4311cc27d2f209cb3b52e74e51794ec"
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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 150 (2025_26) — Retirement; permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers; extend the program
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., relating to retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits, so as to extend the program to permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers in a full-time capacity to June 30, 2034; to reduce the number of years worked by a beneficiary to 25 before being eligible to be hired under this Code section; 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/20252026/241465.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241995.pdf)
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3. **As introduced LC 56 0274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232188.pdf)
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4. **Auditor's Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241464.pdf)
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5. **Auditor's Certification LC 56 0700S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247428.pdf)
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6. **Committee Sub LC 56 0522S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241463.pdf)
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7. **LC 56 0274 Auditor's Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232342.pdf)
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8. **LC 56 0700S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247427.pdf)
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9. **SB 150/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248650.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #775 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #916 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #529 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — 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** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-09** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Act 399 `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/508eeed5-bab8-4e5b-ad92-3f3d6a274e08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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