--- title: SB 385. General Assembly; abolishment of the office of administration floor leaders; provide collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sb385 cite_as: SB 385, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb385 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb385.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb385/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72171 date: 2026-01-13 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb384.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb386.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 95 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb385.md?full=1 bill_number: SB 385 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: Senate bill_type: bill status_date: 2026-01-12 last_action: Senate Read and Referred sponsors: - Colton Moore text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB385/2025 upstream_id: 2071995 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - General Assembly leadership - legislative pay - state government structure - Governor's authority --- # SB 385. General Assembly; abolishment of the office of administration floor leaders; provide ## Text Senate Bill 385 By: Senator Moore of the 53rd A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the General Assembly, so as to provide for the abolishment of the office of administration floor leaders; to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the General Assembly, is amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 28-1-8, relating to salary and allowances of members and officers, as follows: "(a) Each member of the General Assembly shall receive an annual salary, as provided for in Code Section 45-7-4, to be paid in equal monthly installments. Upon complying with the requirements of paragraph (22) of subsection (a) of Code Section 45-7-4, each member shall also be reimbursed for those actual expenses incurred in the performance of duties for which reimbursement is provided in paragraph (22) of subsection (a) of Code Section 45-7-4. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall receive an additional amount per annum as provided for in Code Section 45-7-4. The majority leader, and the minority leader, the administration floor leader, and the assistant administration floor leaders of the House of Representatives and the majority leader, and the minority leader, the administration floor leader, and the assistant administration floor leaders of the Senate shall each receive such additional amount per annum as shall be provided by resolution of the respective houses; but such amount for each shall not be greater than the additional amount provided by law for the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives. All of such additional amounts shall also be paid in equal monthly installments." SECTION 2. Said chapter is further amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "28-1-18. There shall be no office in the House of Representatives or Senate named administration floor leader or assistant administration floor leader. No member of the General Assembly, in his or her capacity as a member, shall be granted special privileges, including additional salary or office space, by virtue of having been named to an office or position by the Governor." SECTION 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia Senate bill would eliminate the office of administration floor leader and assistant administration floor leaders in the House and Senate, and bar the Governor from granting legislators extra pay or perks through such titles. ### Plain-language summary Under current Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8), certain legislative leaders, including majority and minority leaders and administration floor leaders, can receive extra annual pay set by resolution of their chamber, on top of their regular salary. Administration floor leaders and assistant administration floor leaders are typically legislators the Governor designates to help carry the administration's agenda through the House or Senate. This bill removes administration floor leader and assistant administration floor leader from the list of positions eligible for that additional pay, leaving only the majority leader and minority leader of each chamber eligible. It also adds a new Code section, 28-1-18, stating that no such office may exist in either chamber and that no member may receive special privileges, including extra salary or office space, for being named to a position by the Governor. The bill repeals any conflicting laws but does not state a separate effective date. ### What it does - Removes administration floor leader and assistant administration floor leader from the list of legislative officers eligible for extra annual pay under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8. - Creates a new Code section, 28-1-18, formally abolishing the offices of administration floor leader and assistant administration floor leader in both the House and Senate. - Prohibits any member of the General Assembly from receiving special privileges, such as added salary or office space, based on being named to a position by the Governor. - Leaves the majority leader and minority leader positions in each chamber still eligible for additional pay set by resolution of that chamber. ### Who it affects State legislators in the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate who currently hold or could hold the title of administration floor leader or assistant administration floor leader, as well as the Governor's office, which currently designates members to those roles. ### Why it matters If enacted, legislators designated by the Governor as administration floor leaders would no longer receive the extra pay tied to that title, and the title itself would cease to exist, changing how legislative leadership positions and any associated perks are structured in both chambers. ### Key provisions - Section 1 revises O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8(a) to drop administration floor leader and assistant administration floor leader from the officers eligible for additional annual pay beyond the base legislative salary. - Section 2 adds new Code Section 28-1-18, declaring that no office named administration floor leader or assistant administration floor leader may exist in the House or Senate. - Section 2 also bars any member from receiving special privileges, including extra salary or office space, for being named to a position by the Governor. - Section 3 repeals all laws in conflict with the Act, a standard provision without a stated separate effective date. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2026-01-12) - Last action: Senate Read and Referred (2026-01-13) - Sponsors: Colton Moore - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72171 > The history, votes, and amendments (95 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb385.md?full=1