SB118: SB118 State Accounting Office; any payroll system utilized by the state allows for credit union deductions; require

Georgia's State Accounting Office manages the state government's accounting, payroll, and human capital systems under existing law (O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-3). This bill adds a requirement to that law: whatever payroll system the state uses must allow payroll deductions to be sent to any credit union that an employee identifies. The change is made by rewriting the section of law that lists the state accounting officer's powers and duties, specifically the part about managing payroll systems. The bill does not change any other duties of that office, does not name a specific payroll vendor, and does not set an effective date beyond the standard process for a bill becoming law. It repeals any conflicting laws.

• Adds a requirement that any state payroll system must allow payroll deductions to a credit union chosen by the employee (payee).
• Rewrites O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-3(a)(5), the section describing the state accounting officer's duty to manage the state's accounting, payroll, and human capital systems.
• Leaves the rest of the State Accounting Office's listed powers and duties, such as setting accounting policies and preparing financial statements, unchanged.
• Repeals any existing state laws that conflict with this new payroll deduction requirement.

State government employees who want payroll deductions sent to a credit union, the State Accounting Office which runs the state's payroll systems, and any vendor or system the state uses to process payroll, since that system would need to support this deduction option.

State employees who bank with a credit union would gain a guaranteed option to have money automatically deducted from their paycheck and sent there, similar to direct deposit or retirement contributions, without needing to set it up manually outside the payroll system.

• Section 1 amends O.C.G.A. § 50-5B-3, the law governing the State Accounting Office's powers and duties.
• The revised paragraph (a)(5) keeps the existing duty to manage the state's accounting, payroll, and human capital systems, and adds that those systems must allow payroll deductions to any credit union identified by a payee.
• Section 2 repeals any laws or parts of laws that conflict with the new requirement.

1. 2025-02-10Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2025-02-06Senate Hopper (Senate)

• David Lucas (D, SD-026)Primary sponsor
• Matt Brass (R, SD-006)

• state payroll
• credit unions
• state employees
• state government administration