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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State employees' health insurance plan; pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for treatment and management of obesity; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees' health insurance plan, so as to provide for a pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for requirements; to provide for a review panel; to provide for an evaluation report on the pilot program; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 511"
+citation: "Georgia HB 511 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Sims", "Ben Watson", "Katie Dempsey", "Matt Dollar", "Sharon Cooper", "Valerie Clark"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-28"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bf4f163-bebd-4bc5-b56a-b4a428487ed4"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "6e405e7dc69082f2174b216386ef0c29f984a8de8120953b958a9b28fdf18fa7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 511 (2013_14) — State employees' health insurance plan; pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for treatment and management of obesity; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees' health insurance plan, so as to provide for a pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for requirements; to provide for a review panel; to provide for an evaluation report on the pilot program; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 511/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144803.pdf)
+2. **LC 33 5070/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132798.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 5144S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133883.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 5144S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133364.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 5440S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139079.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 1625S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134792.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 21 3889** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143555.pdf)
+8. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 37 0248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144163.pdf)
+9. **Sen floor amend 2a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144868.pdf)
+10. **Sen floor amend 3 AM 33 1436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144873.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **152–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara Sims — primary (person)
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
+- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-28** House Hopper
+- **2013-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-04** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2013-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-01-13** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-01-13** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2014-02-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-15** Act 499 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bf4f163-bebd-4bc5-b56a-b4a428487ed4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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