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title: HB 905. Employees' Retirement System; any member shall be eligible to transfer funds to Judicial Retirement System; provide
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cite_as: HB 905, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.)
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source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71988
date: 2026-02-25
status: introduced
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bill_number: HB 905
session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
session_slug: 2025-2026
chamber: House
bill_type: bill
status_date: 2025-04-02
last_action: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
sponsors:
- Gary Richardson
- Stan Gunter
- Rob Leverett
- Chuck Efstration
- James Burchett
- Brian Prince
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topic_tags:
- public pensions
- judicial retirement
- state employee benefits
- retirement transfers
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# HB 905. Employees' Retirement System; any member shall be eligible to transfer funds to Judicial Retirement System; provide
## Text
The House Committee on Retirement offers the following substitute to HB 905:
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 Georgia Judicial Retirement System, not just superior court judges, district attorneys, and solicitors-general, transfer prior contributions from the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia.
### Plain-language summary
Under current Georgia law, only superior court judges, state court judges, solicitors-general, and district attorneys who previously belonged to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia can transfer their contributions into the Georgia Judicial Retirement System and get credit for that service. This bill would widen that option to any member of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, regardless of the specific judicial or prosecutorial role they hold.
The bill also updates the deadline for notifying both retirement systems' boards of trustees, moving it from December 31, 2002 to December 31, 2026, or 90 days after becoming a member of the Judicial Retirement System, or 90 days after entering a covered position, whichever is later. The change would only take effect on July 1, 2026 if it is certified as concurrently funded under Georgia's Public Retirement Systems Standards Law; otherwise it is automatically repealed 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 a limited list of judicial and prosecutorial offices to any member of the Judicial Retirement System.
- Updates the notification deadline for such transfers from December 31, 2002 to December 31, 2026.
- Adds a new 90-day notification window that runs from when a member enters service in a covered position, in addition to the existing 90-day window from becoming a member.
- Conditions the law's effective date, July 1, 2026, on certification that it is funded consistently with Georgia's Public Retirement Systems Standards Law (O.C.G.A. Chapter 20 of Title 47).
- Automatically repeals the entire Act on July 1, 2026 if that funding certification is not obtained.
### Who it affects
Members of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System who previously contributed to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, including superior court judges, state court judges, district attorneys, and solicitors-general, as well as other judicial system members newly made eligible by the broadened definition.
### Why it matters
People who move from state government jobs covered by the Employees' Retirement System into judicial or prosecutorial roles could carry over their prior retirement contributions and get service credit, potentially affecting their eventual pension amount and retirement timing under the Judicial Retirement System.
### Key provisions
- Section 1 amends O.C.G.A. ยง 47-23-64(a)(1), replacing the specific list of eligible officials (superior court judge, state court judge, solicitor general, district attorney) with any member of the Judicial Retirement System.
- Section 1 changes the notification deadline from December 31, 2002 to December 31, 2026, and adds a 90-day window after entering service in a covered position.
- Section 2 makes the Act's effective date July 1, 2026 contingent on funding certification under the Public Retirement Systems Standards Law, with automatic repeal if that certification is not met.
- Section 3 repeals conflicting laws.
## Status
- Status: Introduced (2025-04-02)
- Last action: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (2026-02-25)
- Sponsors: Gary Richardson, Stan Gunter, Rob Leverett, Chuck Efstration, James Burchett, Brian Prince
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71988
> The history, votes, and amendments (199 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb905.md?full=1