Retirement and pensions; required contributions to receive service credit; change
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-17-44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to amount of dues, deadline and minimum period for payments, dues required for credit service after March 1, 1951, and dues required for prior service, so as to change the required contribution to receive service credit; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2014
Committee Review
Mar 2014
House Passage
Feb 2014
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2014
Last action Mar 12, 2014
Floor votes · House Feb 25, 2014
How they voted
119–0
Passed · 15 other
Total votes 134
Feb 25, 2014
D
Democratic45
86% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican88
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Mar 12, 2014
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 26, 2014
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 25, 2014
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Feb 19, 2014
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 17, 2014
Committee
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brooks Coleman
RRepublican
P
David Wilkerson
DDemocratic
P
Howard Maxwell
RRepublican
P
Paul Battles
RRepublican
P
Tyrone Brooks
DDemocratic
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