---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; multiple employer self-insured health plans; exempt from premium taxes"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to multiple employer self-insured health plans, so as to exempt multiple employer self-insured health plans from premium taxes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 866"
citation: "Georgia HB 866 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Ramsey", "Richard Smith", "Shaw Blackmon", "Tom Kirby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-01-28"
last_action: "2016-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/710517f8-e61d-404a-b7da-7df579b86a31"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c607d025e425afa4f26cfe972ca33794e72a0043509d622d4660a66376938fa1"
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 866 (2015_16) — Insurance; multiple employer self-insured health plans; exempt from premium taxes

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to multiple employer self-insured health plans, so as to exempt multiple employer self-insured health plans from premium taxes; 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 866/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162229.pdf)
2. **LC 37 2082/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155898.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2206S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159902.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
- Tom Kirby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-28** House Hopper
- **2016-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
- **2016-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-27** Act 461 `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-27** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/710517f8-e61d-404a-b7da-7df579b86a31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).