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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Judicial Retirement System; membership in the system for individuals employed as the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; provide"
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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 provide for membership in the system for individuals employed as the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; to provide for an election for such current employees; to provide for transfer of funds; to provide for payment of actuarial costs; to provide for transfer of membership service; to provide for earnable monthly compensation for purposes of contributions and benefit amounts; to provide for applicability; 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 216"
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citation: "Georgia SB 216 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COURTS", "RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Blake Tillery", "Brian Strickland", "Chuck Payne", "Ed Setzler", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Randy Robertson", "Russ Goodman", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15c3c85a-7271-471c-8648-f932a04fdb17"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "48714019a05cedbf2a1a2e8d70329e46538c5a95cf0ce5ea663ac17f1112e29c"
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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 216 (2025_26) — Georgia Judicial Retirement System; membership in the system for individuals employed as the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; provide
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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 provide for membership in the system for individuals employed as the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; to provide for an election for such current employees; to provide for transfer of funds; to provide for payment of actuarial costs; to provide for transfer of membership service; to provide for earnable monthly compensation for purposes of contributions and benefit amounts; to provide for applicability; 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/20252026/243955.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245051.pdf)
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3. **As introduced LC 56 0220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233086.pdf)
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4. **LC 56 0220 Auditors Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233091.pdf)
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5. **SB 216/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246807.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #726 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #631 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — 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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- **2025-02-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 488 `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/15c3c85a-7271-471c-8648-f932a04fdb17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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