---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Medical Center Authority; abolish"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to abolish the Georgia Medical Center Authority; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 513"
citation: "Georgia HB 513 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Clark", "Penny Houston"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-28"
last_action: "2014-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eec10cc1-1c17-4d94-9a54-6156acbd216b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "816bac54a8b281585ccd6df87800bccb56126b5d2f00459d4fbce9495ee4d27f"
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 513 (2013_14) — Georgia Medical Center Authority; abolish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to abolish the Georgia Medical Center Authority; to provide for related matters; to provide 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 513/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143712.pdf)
2. **LC 33 5138/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132850.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 5176-ECS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134784.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 5465S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138768.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Josh Clark — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-28** House Hopper
- **2013-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-01-13** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-13** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 500 `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/eec10cc1-1c17-4d94-9a54-6156acbd216b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).