SB385: SB385 General Assembly; abolishment of the office of administration floor leaders; provide

Under current Georgia law, the House of Representatives and Senate each have positions called administration floor leader and assistant administration floor leader, along with majority and minority leaders, that receive extra annual pay set by resolution of each chamber. These administration floor leader positions are generally understood to be tied to appointment by the Governor. This bill rewrites the pay section of Georgia's General Assembly law (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8) to remove all references to administration floor leaders and assistant administration floor leaders, leaving only majority and minority leaders eligible for the extra pay described there. It then adds a new Code section, 28-1-18, that flatly states no such office may exist in either chamber and that no legislator may receive special privileges, including extra salary or office space, because the Governor named them to a position. The bill repeals conflicting laws but does not include a stated future effective date beyond the standard process.

• Removes the administration floor leader and assistant administration floor leader positions from the list of General Assembly offices eligible for extra annual pay under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8.
• Adds a new Code section, 28-1-18, banning the existence of an administration floor leader or assistant administration floor leader office in either the House or Senate.
• Prohibits any legislator from receiving special privileges, such as additional salary or office space, based on being appointed to a position by the Governor.
• Repeals any existing state laws that conflict with these changes.

Members of the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate who currently hold or could hold the administration floor leader or assistant administration floor leader titles, along with legislative leadership offices generally, since the bill restructures which positions qualify for extra pay under state law.

If enacted, lawmakers holding the administration floor leader titles would lose the extra pay and any special privileges tied to that role, and the positions themselves would cease to exist under Georgia law, changing how legislative leadership pay is structured going forward.

• Section 1 revises O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8(a) to strike references to the administration floor leader and assistant administration floor leader in both the House and Senate from the list of positions eligible for extra annual pay.
• Section 1 leaves the majority leader and minority leader positions in each chamber eligible for additional pay as set by resolution, capped at the amount given to the House Speaker Pro Tempore.
• Section 2 creates 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 legislator from receiving special privileges, including extra salary or office space, because the Governor appointed them to a position.
• Section 3 repeals all laws or parts of laws that conflict with the bill.

1. 2026-01-13Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2026-01-12Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Colton Moore (R, SD-053)Primary sponsor

• General Assembly leadership
• legislative pay
• state government structure
• Georgia legislature rules