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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Health; certificate of need; revise"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to revise relative to certificate of need; to amend Code Section 48-7-29.20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations, so as to increase the aggregate limit for tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations; to extend the sunset provision; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for the creation of the Comprehensive Health Coverage Commission; to provide for its members; to provide for its purpose and duties; to provide for assistance from experts and consultants; to provide for semiannual reports; to provide for the automatic repeal of the commission; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 1339"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1339 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Butch Parrish", "Danny Mathis", "Darlene Taylor", "James Beverly", "Jon Burns", "Lee Hawkins"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2024-02-20"
+last_action: "2024-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1449a248-1788-494b-9277-0cc478f40f76"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b349fddbca98a82fb35f095895488fe9db58e74f966bdc4a7be3b71bb40c854b"
+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 1339 (2023_24) — Health; certificate of need; revise
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to revise relative to certificate of need; to amend Code Section 48-7-29.20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations, so as to increase the aggregate limit for tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations; to extend the sunset provision; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for the creation of the Comprehensive Health Coverage Commission; to provide for its members; to provide for its purpose and duties; to provide for assistance from experts and consultants; to provide for semiannual reports; to provide for the automatic repeal of the commission; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 33 2073** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228280.pdf)
+2. **HB 1339/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228450.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 9654/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224650.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 9687S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225864.pdf)
+5. **LC 33 9687S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225723.pdf)
+6. **Sen Ctee sub LC 33 9707S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226889.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #575 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–1** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #741 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **34–17** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #742 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **95–68** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #658 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **27–22** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #664 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **43–11** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #659 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–22** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #660 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–22** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
+- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
+- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
+- James Beverly — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-20** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-14** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2024-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2024-03-21** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-19** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-19** Act 384 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-19** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1449a248-1788-494b-9277-0cc478f40f76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+