---
type: "Bill"
title: "Autism; age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-59.10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coverage for autism, so as to change the age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "Georgia SB 118 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Chuck Payne", "Elena Parent", "Fran Millar", "Frank Ginn", "Gloria Butler", "Greg Kirk", "Horacena Tate", "John Albers", "John Wilkinson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Renee Unterman"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2019-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38dcdf89-6f7d-4382-85c7-55db79980245"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "687aa88ed89deab778cd4e296fbcafee1af6159bac5f6c102b9123d4951c747f"
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 SB 118 (2017_18) — Autism; age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-59.10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coverage for autism, so as to change the age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Fran Millar — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
- Horacena Tate — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
- Renee Unterman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Senate Hopper
- **2017-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 479 `executive-signature`
- **2019-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38dcdf89-6f7d-4382-85c7-55db79980245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).