republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-1153.md

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Bill	Greene County; certain officials; clarify the qualifications for participation in health insurance program	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide that certain officials of Greene County who have served at least 15 years in office may, upon leaving, continue to participate in the county health insurance program for themselves and their dependents by paying the total cost of such participation, approved May 16, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 3664), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3654), so as to clarify the qualifications for participation in such health insurance program; to clarify who is covered under such provision; to provide limits on coverages offered; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 1153	Georgia HB 1153 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Trey Rhodes	2	13	1	2016-03-15	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/0bcc4198-4a58-4317-8616-9daf1cc5ad67	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	44b02f7b8b0a5b6675e1edebcfd9d29517d24e86adf0a389fbabbe6f864898ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1153 (2015_16) — Greene County; certain officials; clarify the qualifications for participation in health insurance program

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide that certain officials of Greene County who have served at least 15 years in office may, upon leaving, continue to participate in the county health insurance program for themselves and their dependents by paying the total cost of such participation, approved May 16, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 3664), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3654), so as to clarify the qualifications for participation in such health insurance program; to clarify who is covered under such provision; to provide limits on coverages offered; 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 1153/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 7839/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 139–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Trey Rhodes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-03-15 House Hopper
• 2016-03-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-16 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 594 executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bcc4198-4a58-4317-8616-9daf1cc5ad67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).