Retirement; permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers; extend the program
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., relating to retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits, so as to extend the program to permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., relating to retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits, so as to extend the program to permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers in a full-time capacity to June 30, 2034; to reduce the number of years worked by a beneficiary to 25 before being eligible to be hired under this Code section; to provide
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 12, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 13, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 4, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 5, 2026
Senate Third Read · Feb 9, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 9, 2026
House First Readers · Feb 10, 2026
House Second Readers · Feb 11, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 25, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 27, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 27, 2026
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Mar 31, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 5, 2026
Act 399 · May 5, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
8
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Hickman, BillyAnavitarte, JasonGooch, SteveKennedy, John F.Payne, ChuckKirkpatrick, KayStill, ShawnBallard, Bethany
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-31 · yea 49, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 3
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-27 · yea 159, nay 0, notVoting 11, excused 10
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-02-09 · yea 48, nay 1, notVoting 2, excused 5
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