---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health; sale or lease of a hospital by a hospital authority; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county and municipal hospital authorities, so as to revise provisions relating to the sale or lease of a hospital by a hospital authority; to provide for conflicting interest transactions; to provide for the investment of funds by certain hospital authorities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "Georgia HB 186 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "J. Craig Gordon", "Jesse Petrea", "Mickey Stephens", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9569eb43-e90b-42c1-84d0-f3cc230445ee"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "08b0aed45402133a73f7f88952737ef187830beb9882049038497042bf31e7f6"
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 186 (2019_20) — Health; sale or lease of a hospital by a hospital authority; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county and municipal hospital authorities, so as to revise provisions relating to the sale or lease of a hospital by a hospital authority; to provide for conflicting interest transactions; to provide for the investment of funds by certain hospital authorities; 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 186/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187001.pdf)
2. **LC 33 7670/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180666.pdf)
3. **LC 33 7713S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182292.pdf)
4. **LC 33 7713S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181428.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 9372S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185729.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 7982S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185216.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **166–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- J. Craig Gordon — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Mickey Stephens — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** House Hopper
- **2019-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Transmitted House
- **2019-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25** Act 41 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9569eb43-e90b-42c1-84d0-f3cc230445ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).