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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Autism; age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; change"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-59.10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coverage for autism, so as to change the age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "SB 118"
+citation: "Georgia SB 118 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Chuck Payne", "Elena Parent", "Fran Millar", "Frank Ginn", "Gloria Butler", "Greg Kirk", "Horacena Tate", "John Albers", "John Wilkinson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Renee Unterman"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-02"
+last_action: "2019-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38dcdf89-6f7d-4382-85c7-55db79980245"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "687aa88ed89deab778cd4e296fbcafee1af6159bac5f6c102b9123d4951c747f"
+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 SB 118 (2017_18) — Autism; age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; change
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-59.10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coverage for autism, so as to change the age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
+- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- Elena Parent — primary (person)
+- Fran Millar — primary (person)
+- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
+- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
+- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
+- Horacena Tate — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
+- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-02** Senate Hopper
+- **2017-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Act 479 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38dcdf89-6f7d-4382-85c7-55db79980245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+