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Monday, January 27, 2025 - Day 6

LAWMAKERS MET BRIEFLY ON MONDAY

After a week off for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and because of weather, the Georgia General Assembly met briefly for the sixth legislative day of the 40-day session.

The House Appropriations Committee has two noteworthy subcommittee meetings scheduled for tomorrow.

The House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Education will gather at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Room 506 of the Coverdell Building. Committee members will hear from the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia (ERS), the Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL), the Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA), and the state Department of Education. The subcommittee meeting will be live streamed here.

At 2 p.m., a joint meeting of the House and Senate Retirement committees in 406 Coverdell. No agenda has been published. The meeting will stream here.

No action on any legislation will be taken during either of the hearings.

Join the GAE LCT meeting Wednesday for updates on the current legislative session

Join fellow GAE members on Wednesday, January 29 at 6:30 p.m. for an update on the current legislative session. Register here.

Update on implementation of WEP/GPO repeal

On January 24, the Social Security Administration released a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) concerning the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), which may be found here. Many questions still remain to be answered.

We do know the SSA has been bombarded with phone calls asking about implementation.

The repeal is effective immediately, meaning penalties will no longer be assessed going forward. In addition, the repeal is retroactive to December of 2023, meaning some affected by WEP or GPO should be receiving a refund. How pay backs will be distributed is unclear at this point.

Interested GAE members can sign up with Social Security for updates on WEP/GPO here.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that elimination of the WEP would increase monthly payments to affected beneficiaries by an average of $360.

The CBO estimated the elimination of the GPO would increase monthly benefits by an average of $700 for recipients receiving benefits based on living spouses, and an average of $1,190 for surviving spouses receiving a widow or widower benefit.

Next Legislative Update: Tuesday, January 28

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