Georgia CommonsHouse · Failed · 2025-2026 Regular Session
HB 862: Fulton County; fix salary of sheriff
Last action April 2, 2025 · House Third Reading Lost
A House bill would set the annual salary for the sheriff of Fulton County at up to $260,000, replacing whatever pay level existing local laws set.
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In plain language
This bill applies only to Fulton County. It sets the maximum annual salary the sheriff of Fulton County may be paid at $260,000, to be paid in equal installments from county funds. The bill states this salary applies notwithstanding any other local laws to the contrary, meaning it overrides earlier local Acts that may have set a different pay level for the office. The bill is short: one section sets the salary cap, and a second section repeals any conflicting laws. It does not address other county offices, staffing, or duties of the sheriff's office, and it does not specify a separate effective date beyond the standard process for local legislation becoming law.
What the bill does
- Sets the sheriff of Fulton County's annual salary at an amount not to exceed $260,000.
- Overrides any prior local Acts that set a different salary for the Fulton County sheriff.
- Requires the salary to be paid in equal installments using Fulton County funds.
- Repeals any existing laws that conflict with this new salary provision.
Who it affects
The sheriff of Fulton County, whose pay would be set by this law, and Fulton County government, which funds and pays the salary from its own budget.
Why it matters
The change directly determines how much Fulton County pays for the elected office of sheriff, affecting the county's budget and formally fixing the compensation figure for that position going forward, rather than leaving it to whatever earlier local law set.
Key provisions
- Section 1 fixes the sheriff of Fulton County's annual salary at an amount not to exceed $260,000.00, paid in equal installments from Fulton County funds.
- Section 1 specifies this salary applies notwithstanding any other local Acts to the contrary, overriding prior local salary-setting laws.
- Section 2 repeals all laws and parts of laws that conflict with the new salary provision.
From the bill
“the sheriff of Fulton County shall be paid an annual salary in an amount not to exceed $260,000.00, to be paid in equal installments from the funds of Fulton County”
Status timeline
- House Third Reading Lost (House)
- House Third Readers (House)
- House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- House Second Readers (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- House Hopper (House)
Sponsors
- Derrick Jackson (D, HD-68)
- Mekyah McQueen (D, HD-61)
- Lydia Glaize (D, HD-67)
- Sheila Jones (D, HD-60)
- Robert Dawson (D, HD-65)
- Michelle Au (D, HD-50)
Votes
- House voteApril 2, 2025
63 yea, 88 nay (12 not voting, 17 excused)
- House voteApril 2, 2025
67 yea, 96 nay (4 not voting, 13 excused)
Topics
- Fulton County government
- sheriff salary
- local legislation
- county budgets