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title: HB 900. Employees' Retirement System; any member shall be eligible to transfer funds to Judicial Retirement System; provide
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cite_as: HB 900, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.)
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date: 2026-01-12
status: introduced
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bill_number: HB 900
session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
session_slug: 2025-2026
chamber: House
bill_type: bill
status_date: 2025-04-02
last_action: House Second Readers
sponsors:
- John Carson
- Devan Seabaugh
text_version: Introduced
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- public employee retirement
- judicial retirement system
- state pension transfers
- government employee benefits
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# HB 900. Employees' Retirement System; any member shall be eligible to transfer funds to Judicial Retirement System; provide
## Text
House Bill 900
By: Representatives Carson of the 46th and Seabaugh of the 34th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 47-23-64 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
transfer of funds from the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia to the Georgia Judicial
Retirement System by superior court judges, district attorneys, or solicitors-general and
crediting service, so as to provide that any member of such retirement system shall be
eligible to transfer funds; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal;
to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 47-23-64 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to transfer of
funds from the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia to the Georgia Judicial Retirement
System by superior court judges, district attorneys, or solicitors-general and crediting service,
is amended by revising paragraph (1) of subsection (a) as follows:
"(a)(1) Any superior court judge, state court judge, solicitor general, or district attorney
member of this retirement system who was previously an active member of the
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may elect to have all contributions made by
or on behalf of such member transferred from such retirement system to this retirement
system. Any such member shall notify the board of trustees of each retirement system
not later than December 31, 2002 2026, or within 90 days after first becoming a member
of this retirement system, or within 90 days after entering service in a covered position,
whichever date is later."
SECTION 2.
This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2026, only if it is determined to have been
concurrently funded as provided in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law"; otherwise, this Act shall not
become effective and shall be automatically repealed in its entirety on July 1, 2026, as
required by subsection (a) of Code Section 47-20-50.
SECTION 3.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
## Summaries written by Georgia Commons
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A Georgia House bill would let any member of the Judicial Retirement System, not just superior court judges, state court judges, solicitors-general, or district attorneys, transfer contributions from the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia into the judicial system.
### Plain-language summary
Currently, Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 47-23-64) lets only superior court judges, state court judges, solicitors-general, and district attorneys who were previously in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia move their contributions over to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System when they take a judicial branch job. This bill would widen that option to any member of the Judicial Retirement System, dropping the job-title restriction.
The bill also updates the notification deadline: instead of December 31, 2002, members would have until December 31, 2026, or within 90 days of joining the Judicial Retirement System or entering a covered position, whichever is later, to tell both retirement systems' boards of trustees they want to transfer funds.
The change would only take effect July 1, 2026, and only if state actuaries certify it is 'concurrently funded' under Georgia's Public Retirement Systems Standards Law (O.C.G.A. Chapter 20 of Title 47). If that funding certification does not happen, the bill automatically repeals itself on that same date.
### What it does
- Expands eligibility to transfer retirement contributions from the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, from only superior court judges, state court judges, solicitors-general, and district attorneys to any member of the Judicial Retirement System.
- Updates the notification deadline for requesting a transfer from December 31, 2002 to December 31, 2026, or 90 days after joining the Judicial Retirement System, whichever is later.
- Adds a new option letting the 90-day notification window run from when a member enters service in a covered position, not just from when they first become a member.
- Makes the entire Act's effective date conditional on a state funding certification, automatically repealing the Act on July 1, 2026 if that certification is not obtained.
### Who it affects
Members of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, including judges and other covered judicial branch employees who previously worked in state government jobs covered by the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, and the boards of trustees of both retirement systems, which must process transfer notifications.
### Why it matters
People moving into judicial branch jobs from other state positions would gain a broader, clearer path to consolidate their retirement contributions into one system rather than leaving funds split between two systems, potentially affecting their eventual retirement benefits and service credit.
### Key provisions
- Section 1 revises paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of O.C.G.A. § 47-23-64, removing the specific job titles (superior court judge, state court judge, solicitor-general, district attorney) and replacing them with 'member of this retirement system.'
- Section 1 changes the notification deadline from December 31, 2002 to December 31, 2026, and adds a new 90-day window starting from entering service in a covered position.
- Section 2 ties the law's effective date to a July 1, 2026 concurrent funding certification under the Public Retirement Systems Standards Law (O.C.G.A. Chapter 20 of Title 47); without certification, the Act is automatically repealed that same date.
- Section 3 repeals any conflicting laws.
## Status
- Status: Introduced (2025-04-02)
- Last action: House Second Readers (2026-01-12)
- Sponsors: John Carson, Devan Seabaugh
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71973
> The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb900.md?full=1