---
type: "Bill"
title: "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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 991"
citation: "Georgia HB 991 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Parrish", "Debbie Buckner", "James Beverly", "Mark Newton", "Matt Hatchett", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0946a4c-17f2-42b8-8d9b-ee9f97cbba45"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8226e46241d4511e6804c3f179147e37872edef068268b695e2fd6eb69b219cd"
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 991 (2023_24) — 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 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 991/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227609.pdf)
2. **LC 50 0653/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221549.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #480 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #678 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- James Beverly — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 400 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0946a4c-17f2-42b8-8d9b-ee9f97cbba45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).