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SB143 Senate Bill
Passed
2026-02-17

Georgia Firefighter's Pension Fund; certain members to retire at age 50; provide

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.

Bill Details

State

Georgia

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70178

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Sponsors

John Albers (Sen - R)
Chuck Payne (Sen - R)
Kay Kirkpatrick (Sen - R)
Shawn Still (Sen - R)
Randy Robertson (Sen - R)
Ricky Williams (Sen - R)
Lauren McDonald (Rep - R)

Action History

2026-04-02 S Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
2026-03-31 H House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-31 H House Third Readers
2026-03-31 H House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-02-19 H House Second Readers
2026-02-18 H House First Readers
2026-02-17 S Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-02-17 S Senate Third Read
2026-02-06 S Senate Read Second Time
2026-02-05 S Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2025-02-12 S Senate Read and Referred
2025-02-11 S Senate Hopper

Votes

2026-02-17 Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #550 Yea: 47 Nay: 3
2026-03-31 Passage: House Vote #809 Yea: 168 Nay: 0
2026-04-02 Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #941 Yea: 52 Nay: 1

Committee Referrals

2025-02-12 S Retirement
2026-02-18 H Retirement

Bill Text Versions

2025-02-12 Introduced
2026-02-05 Comm Sub
2026-02-17 Engrossed
2026-03-31 Comm Sub

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