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GA SB 198

died on adjournment

Georgia Legislative Retirement System; board of trustees of the system to increase benefit multipliers for members; provide

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Quick answers

Did GA SB 198 pass?

No. GA SB 198 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-09): House Second Readers

What is GA SB 198 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Legislative Retirement System, so as to provide for the board of trustees of the system to increase benefit multipliers for members; to provide for the system to maintain a minimum 120 percent funded ratio; to provide for conditions for such benefit multiplier increases; to provide for automatic increases in employee contributions proportional to benefit multiplier increases; to allow for members who joined after 2009 to receive benefit multiplier increases; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA SB 198?

John Albers, Kay Kirkpatrick, Rick Williams and 14 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 198.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Legislative Retirement System, so as to provide for the board of trustees of the system to increase benefit multipliers for members; to provide for the system to maintain a minimum 120 percent funded ratio; to provide for conditions for such benefit multiplier increases; to provide for automatic increases in employee contributions proportional to benefit multiplier increases; to allow for members who joined after 2009 to receive benefit multiplier increases; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-19
Latest action
2026-03-09 — House Second Readers
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • John Albersprimary
  • Kay Kirkpatrickprimary
  • Rick Williamsprimary
  • Carden Summersprimary
  • Bill Cowsertprimary
  • Ed Setzlerprimary
  • Billy Hickmanprimary
  • Max Burnsprimary
  • Marty Harbinprimary
  • Mike Hodgesprimary
  • Frank Ginnprimary
  • Larry Walker, IIIprimary
  • Shawn Stillprimary
  • David Lucasprimary
  • Freddie Powell Simsprimary
  • Gail Davenportprimary
  • Nan Orrockprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-20

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-18

    Senate Committee Favorably Reported

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-02-19

    Senate Read Second Time

    reading-2

  5. 2026-03-04

    Senate Third Read

    reading-3

  6. 2026-03-04

    Senate Passed/Adopted

    passage

  7. 2026-03-06

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  8. 2026-03-09

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Vote #630 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2026-03-04 · pass · 45-5

    Member-level votes (53)
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • BEARDEN: no
    • BRASS: yes
    • BURNS: yes
    • COWSERT: other
    • DAVENPORT: yes
    • DICKERSON: yes
    • DIXON: yes
    • DOLEZAL: no
    • ECHOLS: yes
    • GINN: yes
    • GOOCH: no
    • GOODMAN: yes
    • HALPERN: yes
    • HARBIN: other
    • HARBISON: yes
    • HARRELL: yes
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HICKMAN: yes
    • HODGES: yes
    • HOWARD: yes
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: yes
    • JAMES: yes
    • JONES: yes
    • JONES II: yes
    • KEMP: yes
    • KIRKPATRICK: yes
    • LUCAS: yes
    • MALLOW: yes
    • MANGHAM: yes
    • MCLAURIN: yes
    • MCNEEL: yes
    • MERRITT: yes
    • ORROCK: yes
    • PARENT: yes
    • PARKES: other
    • PAYNE: yes
    • RAHMAN: yes
    • RHETT: yes
    • ROBERTSON: yes
    • SETZLER: yes
    • SIMS: yes
    • STILL: yes
    • STRICKLAND: no
    • SUMMERS: yes
    • TILLERY: no
    • WALKER, III: other
    • WATSON: yes
    • WICKS: yes
    • WILLIAMS: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70478

Attribution

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