# Georgia HB 86: Public officers and employees; calculating and setting the salaries of certain state officials; revise provisions

Georgia HB 86, Public officers and employees; calculating and setting the salaries of certain state officials; revise provisions, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by James Burchett (Republican), Chuck Efstration (Republican), Stan Gunter (Republican) and 3 others; status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Effective Date); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HB 86
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Public officers and employees; calculating and setting the salaries of certain state officials; revise provisions
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-16
- Last action: 2025-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsors: James Burchett (Republican), Chuck Efstration (Republican), Stan Gunter (Republican), Soo Hong (Republican), Rob Leverett (Republican), Matt Reeves (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Judiciary, General Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (311 yes, 72 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Salary caps for Georgia’s top judges: cost, low. Georgia lawmakers must set yearly pay for Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges, and the State-wide Business Court judge in the state budget law. Their pay caps are 100%, 99%, and 95%, respectively, of the federal judicial base salary. That base is the Northern District of Georgia judges’…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: James Burchett (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Chuck Efstration (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Stan Gunter (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Soo Hong (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Rob Leverett (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Matt Reeves (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bo Hatchett (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-28 | Senate | RECEDE FROM SENATE AMENDMENT | pass | 46 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 56TH | pass | 30 | 23 | 1 |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | MOTION TO RECONSIDER AMENDMENT #1 | fail | 23 | 31 | 1 |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | PASSAGE AS AMENDED | pass | 45 | 10 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 167 | 6 | 2 |

## Actions (18)

- 2025-07-01: Effective Date
- 2025-05-12: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-05-12: Act 113
- 2025-04-08: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2025-03-28: House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub (House)
- 2025-03-28: House Immediately Transmitted to Senate (House)
- 2025-03-28: Senate Receded from Amend or Sub (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-02-20: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-02-12: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-01-27: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-01-17: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-01-16: House Hopper (House)

## Bill text

- HB 86/AP* (v5): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238097)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [HB 86/AP* (v5) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238097)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB86-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).