republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-511.md

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Bill	State employees' health insurance plan; pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for treatment and management of obesity; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees' health insurance plan, so as to provide for a pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for requirements; to provide for a review panel; to provide for an evaluation report on the pilot program; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 511	Georgia HB 511 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Barbara Sims Ben Watson Katie Dempsey Matt Dollar Sharon Cooper Valerie Clark	10	26	1	2013-02-28	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/8bf4f163-bebd-4bc5-b56a-b4a428487ed4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6e405e7dc69082f2174b216386ef0c29f984a8de8120953b958a9b28fdf18fa7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 511 (2013_14) — State employees' health insurance plan; pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for treatment and management of obesity; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees' health insurance plan, so as to provide for a pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for requirements; to provide for a review panel; to provide for an evaluation report on the pilot program; to provide for automatic repeal; 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 511/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 5070/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 5144S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 5144S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 33 5440S (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 37 1625S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 21 3889 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 2 AM 37 0248 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen floor amend 2a (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen floor amend 3 AM 33 1436 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 152–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Sims — primary (person)
• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Matt Dollar — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Valerie Clark — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-28 House Hopper
• 2013-03-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-04 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2013-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2014-01-13 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-01-13 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2014-02-06 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-13 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-20 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-20 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 499 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8bf4f163-bebd-4bc5-b56a-b4a428487ed4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).