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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance; multiple employer self-insured health plans; exempt from premium taxes"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to multiple employer self-insured health plans, so as to exempt multiple employer self-insured health plans from premium taxes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 866"
+citation: "Georgia HB 866 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Ramsey", "Richard Smith", "Shaw Blackmon", "Tom Kirby"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-28"
+last_action: "2016-04-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/710517f8-e61d-404a-b7da-7df579b86a31"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "c607d025e425afa4f26cfe972ca33794e72a0043509d622d4660a66376938fa1"
+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 866 (2015_16) — Insurance; multiple employer self-insured health plans; exempt from premium taxes
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to multiple employer self-insured health plans, so as to exempt multiple employer self-insured health plans from premium taxes; 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 866/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162229.pdf)
+2. **LC 37 2082/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155898.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2206S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159902.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
+- Richard Smith — primary (person)
+- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
+- Tom Kirby — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-28** House Hopper
+- **2016-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-27** Act 461 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-27** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/710517f8-e61d-404a-b7da-7df579b86a31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+