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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Medicaid; changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent claims; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7B of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false Medicaid claims, so as to provide for changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent Medicaid claims; to provide for a definition; to revise certain provisions relating to when the court shall dismiss a civil action or claim; 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 973"
+citation: "Georgia HB 973 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edward Lindsey", "Katie Dempsey", "Matt Ramsey", "Stacey Evans", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-02-10"
+last_action: "2014-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/084d0e6e-8be9-48e5-a2ac-8c5a4c1098b0"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "8dfc9d89312026da46d1284f25fb88a00a78dc81234a7e398d2b3d9cd782200c"
+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 973 (2013_14) — Medicaid; changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent claims; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7B of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false Medicaid claims, so as to provide for changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent Medicaid claims; to provide for a definition; to revise certain provisions relating to when the court shall dismiss a civil action or claim; 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 973/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144465.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 5942S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141155.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 5942S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140338.pdf)
+4. **LC 37 1723/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139400.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
+- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
+- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
+- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-02-10** House Hopper
+- **2014-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2014-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-02-24** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
+- **2014-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-15** Act 482 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-15** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/084d0e6e-8be9-48e5-a2ac-8c5a4c1098b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+