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Welcome !
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 option 

 

Click HERE to view contact info for your U.S. and Georgia legislators

 

Great Strength, Responsible Advocacy
GSRA Annual Meeting: October 5-6, 2026
Robert F Hatcher Sr. Conference Center, Macon, GA:

Click HERE to view the 2026 GSRA Annual Meeting Agenda

Click HERE to Register Online

Click HERE to view and print registration form for mailing with check to GSRA

 

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 July 2026 Newsletter.

The July Newsletter contains these articles: "Lt. Governor Candidate Josh McLaurin Meets with GSRA to Discuss Our Legislative Goals" by Chuck Freedman, "COLA / Post-Retirement Benefit Adjustment Starting This Month by Dan Coffee, "Will the Candidates Show?" By Allan Hill, details on the GSRA 2026 Annual Meeting, October 5-6 in Macon with hotel and registration information, 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.