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Advocating for Active and Retired
State Employees and Educators The Georgia State Retirees Association (GSRA) is an organization focused on keeping retirees and prospective retirees from all parts of Georgia Government informed about any impacts to promised retiree and health insurance benefits.
JOIN US! Click the links below to: Join online, renew or convert your membership dues of only $2.00 a month using the Pension Deduction optionClick HERE to view contact info for your U.S. and Georgia legislators Click HERE to view 2026 Annual Meeting PowerPoint Pictures!
MAJOR GAINS AT THE 8/20/26 ERS BOARD MEETING! Click HERE for details on outcome!05/19/26 - The AJC published a fair and balanced article on our lost funding for future COLAs:Brian Kemp’s budget ax cuts raises for Georgia state retirees SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR BLAKE TILLERY, WITH THE SUPPORT OF LT. GOVERNOR BURT JONES, SPEAKER JON BURNS AND HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR MATT HATCHETT GOT IT DONE! THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ADDED $100,000,000 FOR PREFUNDING ANNUAL COLAS
See CHAIRMAN TILLERY'S REMARKS TO THE COMMITTEE:
Click this link: Push under Gold Dome seeks regular cost-of-living increases for state retirees to read statements for the media by retired GBI inspector Jim Covington, and retired DNR Law Enforcement Col. Eddie Henderson Click HERE to View GSRA AMBA Webinars Click here: Newsletters to read historical newsletters and the August 2026 Newsletter.
The August Newsletter contains these articles: Major Gains at the August ERS Board Meeting! by Chuck Freedman, Lt. Governor Candidate Meets with GSRA to Discuss Our Legislative Goals by Chuck Freedman, State Health Benefit Plan Update by Beverly Littlefield, Ready to Vote? Time to Check Your Records by Beverly Littlefield, GSRA Annual Meeting: October 5-6, 2026, Robert F Hatcher Sr. Conference Center, We Need You! by Allan Hill, AMBA/GSRA Webinars by Allan Hill, From the Banks of the Chattahoochee River by President Judy Bryson, Local Chapter News, and more!
Your Legislative Committee has been active, meeting with a key advisor to Gov. Kemp and with several important legislators to obtain support for our issues. We will report on further progress in upcoming weeks. Our professional liaison Chuck Clay and our other Legislative Committee members continue to meet with those legislators including both house's retirement committee chairs. |