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title: Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 47 0148 to HB 85
collection: amendment
id: amendment:2025-2026/hb85/237967
cite_as: HB 85, Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 47 0148
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date: 2025-03-28
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# Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 47 0148 to HB 85

LOST
Senators Lucas of the 26th, Orrock of the 36th, Jackson of the 41st, and Jones II of the 22nd
offered the following amendment #1:
Amend HB 85 (LC 47 3366S) by inserting after "judges" on line 14 "and members of the
General Assembly".
By inserting after line 160 the following:
SECTION 5.1.
Said Code section is further amended by revising the introductory language to paragraph (22)
of subsection (a) as follows:
(22) Each member of the General Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <del>16,200.00</del> <ins>An
amount equal to 25
percent of the
amount in paragraph
(1) of this
subsection
</ins> By replacing line 257 with the following:
(a) Except as provided for in subsection (b) of this section, this Act shall become effective
on July 1, 2025.
(b) Section 5.1 of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027.