Retirement and Pension; maximum employer contribution to a 401(k) for certain state law enforcement officers; increase
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “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;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Senate Hopper · Feb 2, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 3, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 11, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 12, 2026
Senate Third Read · Feb 17, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted · Feb 17, 2026
House First Readers · Feb 18, 2026
House Second Readers · Feb 19, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 18, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 19, 2026
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 19, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 6, 2026
Act 414 · May 6, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
32
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Hatchett, BoRobertson, RandyStrickland, BrianTillery, BlakeAlbers, JohnGooch, SteveAnavitarte, JasonBrass, MattBearden, TimothyGoodman, RussWatson, BenHickman, BillyHodges, MikeDickerson, Jason T.Burns, MaxPayne, ChuckEchols, DrewHufstetler, ChuckDolezal, GregAnderson, LeeKirkpatrick, KayStill, ShawnGinn, FrankDixon, ClintWalker, III, LarryCowsert, BillSetzler, EdHarbin, MartyWatson, SamWilliams, RickSummers, CardenCarson, John
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-19 · yea 163, nay 0, notVoting 8, excused 9
PASSAGESenate · 2026-02-17 · yea 49, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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