---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health; hospital Medicaid financing program; extend sunset provision"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6C of Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the hospital Medicaid financing program, so as to extend the sunset provision; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 321"
citation: "Georgia HB 321 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Jay Powell", "Jodi Lott", "Terry Rogers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d21b2ce-71e7-4807-8424-22327130a8a8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4cb84a32fdbb28b25ab981d11eefa3e4c383a64eb1e8054d6831f5ea528d0215"
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 321 (2019_20) — Health; hospital Medicaid financing program; extend sunset provision

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6C of Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the hospital Medicaid financing program, so as to extend the sunset provision; to provide for 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. **Floor Amendment AM 33 1919** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186635.pdf)
2. **HB 321/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187005.pdf)
3. **LC 33 7720-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181515.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 43 1390S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185944.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **147–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** House Hopper
- **2019-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-28** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2019-03-28** House Reconsidered
- **2019-03-28** House Tabled
- **2019-03-29** House Taken from Table
- **2019-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2019-03-29** Senate Agreed House 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 42 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d21b2ce-71e7-4807-8424-22327130a8a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).