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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Self-funded Healthcare Plan Opt-in to the Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide an option for self-funded healthcare plans, exempt from state regulation under federal law, to opt in to Georgia's Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 234"
+citation: "Georgia HB 234 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "David Knight", "Jodi Lott", "Lee Hawkins", "Mark Newton", "Stan Gunter"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-01"
+last_action: "2021-04-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0204f5a2-d527-4adb-ab1b-0995b033b7de"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b0e376b3e03c2513a38037987b4bf1451a36af11659cf629e0f63bff95c99ae3"
+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 234 (2021_22) — Self-funded Healthcare Plan Opt-in to the Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide an option for self-funded healthcare plans, exempt from state regulation under federal law, to opt in to Georgia's Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for an effective date; 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 234/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201144.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 0375/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196459.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
+- David Knight — primary (person)
+- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Mark Newton — primary (person)
+- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-01** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-29** Act 36 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-29** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0204f5a2-d527-4adb-ab1b-0995b033b7de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+