ChangeBridge / Georgia / SB261 Passed
SB261 Senate Bill
Passed
2026-03-04

Magistrates Retirement Fund; early retirement benefit; provide

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.

Bill Details

State

Georgia

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70890

LegiScan

View on LegiScan

Sponsors

Marty Harbin (Sen - R)
Brian Strickland (Sen - R)
Steve Gooch (Sen - R)
Billy Hickman (Sen - R)
Ricky Williams (Sen - R)
Lee Anderson (Sen - R)
John Carson (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
2026-03-09 H House Second Readers
2026-03-06 H House First Readers
2026-03-04 S Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-04 S Senate Third Read
2026-02-05 S Senate Read Second Time
2026-02-04 S Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2025-02-27 S Senate Read and Referred
2025-02-26 S Senate Hopper

Votes

2026-03-04 Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #634 Yea: 53 Nay: 1
2026-03-31 Passage: House Vote #824 Yea: 167 Nay: 0
2026-04-02 Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #956 Yea: 53 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2025-02-27 S Retirement
2026-03-06 H Retirement

Bill Text Versions

2025-02-27 Introduced
2026-02-04 Comm Sub
2026-03-04 Engrossed
2026-03-31 Comm Sub

Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)