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type: "Bill"
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title: "Magistrates Retirement Fund; early retirement benefit; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the magistrates retirement fund, so as to provide for an early retirement benefit; to provide for an employee contribution increase; to replace the statutory maximum monthly compensation used to calculate a benefit with an amount determined by the board; to increase the maximum number of years of service used to calculate a benefit; 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 261"
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citation: "Georgia SB 261 (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", "Brian Strickland", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Rick Williams", "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: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01a04cf9-2e54-497f-816a-73915f11cc56"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1b55207b150b6915c1d61a4952bd2e73c5a6d564f94ecb450021c087fdaf9d4c"
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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 261 (2025_26) — Magistrates Retirement Fund; early retirement benefit; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the magistrates retirement fund, so as to provide for an early retirement benefit; to provide for an employee contribution increase; to replace the statutory maximum monthly compensation used to calculate a benefit with an amount determined by the board; to increase the maximum number of years of service used to calculate a benefit; 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/20252026/241462.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245101.pdf)
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3. **As introduced LC 56 0263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234088.pdf)
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4. **Auditor's Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241461.pdf)
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5. **Auditor's Certification LC 56 0697S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248200.pdf)
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6. **Auditors Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234122.pdf)
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7. **Committee Sub LC 56 0520S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241460.pdf)
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8. **LC 56 0697S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248195.pdf)
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9. **SB 261/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249177.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #824 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #634 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #956 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — 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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- **2025-02-26** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-27** 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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- **2026-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `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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- **2026-03-31** 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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- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 490 `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/01a04cf9-2e54-497f-816a-73915f11cc56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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