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E RSGA 
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia 
 
For the Week of: March 9 - 13, 2020 Legislative Days: 26 - 29 
 
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia 
Legislative Update 
 
March 13, 2020 
Inside This Update 
1 Legislative Log 
2 Schedule - Coronavirus 
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Jim Potvin Executive Director, ERSGA 404-603-5602 jim.potvin@ers.ga.gov 
Kelly L. Moody Director, Legislative Affairs Division, ERSGA 404-603-5646 kelly.moody@ers.ga.gov 
Ashley Waller Legal and Policy Research Analyst, ERSGA 404-603-5694 ashley.waller@ers.ga.gov 
 
Legislative Log 
Monday, March 9, - Wednesday, March 11, 2020 No retirement bills were considered. 
 
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Thursday, March 12, 2020 
HB 821  Retirement and pensions; granting post-retirement benefit adjustments to certain individuals; provisions 
This bill would allow all members of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS), the Judicial Retirement System (JRS), and the Legislative Retirement System (LRS) to be eligible to receive any post-retirement benefit adjustments granted on or after 7/1/2020 by their respective Boards, while still maintaining that no members with membership dates on and after 7/1/2009 receive any post-retirement adjustments that were granted before 7/1/2020. 
HB 821 received a DO PASS from the House Rules Committee and recevied a DO PASS from the House of Representatives by a vote of 92 -66. 
 
Friday, March 13, 2020 
 
No retirement bills were considered. 
 
 March 13, 2020 
 
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General Assembly Schedule Adjusted due to Coronavirus 
After Friday, March 13, 2020, the General Assembly will take an indefinite recess until further notice due to the Coronavirus outbreak. When members return, they will have ten days of session left. An adjournment resolution was adopted (HR 1473), but will be adjusted once lawmakers return.