---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid; changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent claims; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7B of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false Medicaid claims, so as to provide for changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent Medicaid claims; to provide for a definition; to revise certain provisions relating to when the court shall dismiss a civil action or claim; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 973"
citation: "Georgia HB 973 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Lindsey", "Katie Dempsey", "Matt Ramsey", "Stacey Evans", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-10"
last_action: "2014-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/084d0e6e-8be9-48e5-a2ac-8c5a4c1098b0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8dfc9d89312026da46d1284f25fb88a00a78dc81234a7e398d2b3d9cd782200c"
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 973 (2013_14) — Medicaid; changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent claims; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7B of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false Medicaid claims, so as to provide for changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent Medicaid claims; to provide for a definition; to revise certain provisions relating to when the court shall dismiss a civil action or claim; 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 973/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144465.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5942S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141155.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5942S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140338.pdf)
4. **LC 37 1723/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139400.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-10** House Hopper
- **2014-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2014-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-02-24** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2014-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 482 `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/084d0e6e-8be9-48e5-a2ac-8c5a4c1098b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).