republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-452.md

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Bill	Retirement and Pension; maximum employer contribution to a 401(k) for certain state law enforcement officers; increase	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-2-357 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to withdrawal, employer contributions, vesting, and date of election, so as to increase the maximum employer contribution to a 401(k) for certain state law enforcement officers; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 452	Georgia SB 452 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS	enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Drew Echols Ed Setzler Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte Jason T. Dickerson John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden	4	15	2	2026-02-02	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/58c4f685-8784-48b7-8d0f-c8ec22d0d907	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ab69adbdfa3f5a92c5873d58549bff8b4b87cb78cc18fd5299a9d42c01a792ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 452 (2025_26) — Retirement and Pension; maximum employer contribution to a 401(k) for certain state law enforcement officers; increase

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-2-357 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to withdrawal, employer contributions, vesting, and date of election, so as to increase the maximum employer contribution to a 401(k) for certain state law enforcement officers; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced LC 56 0504-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Auditor's Certification LC 56 0504-EC (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 452/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #730 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #549 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-02-02 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-02-17 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-06 Act 414 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58c4f685-8784-48b7-8d0f-c8ec22d0d907. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).