republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-866.md

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Bill	Insurance; multiple employer self-insured health plans; exempt from premium taxes	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to multiple employer self-insured health plans, so as to exempt multiple employer self-insured health plans from premium taxes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 866	Georgia HB 866 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Chuck Efstration Lee Hawkins Matt Ramsey Richard Smith Shaw Blackmon Tom Kirby	3	18	1	2016-01-28	2016-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/710517f8-e61d-404a-b7da-7df579b86a31	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c607d025e425afa4f26cfe972ca33794e72a0043509d622d4660a66376938fa1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 866 (2015_16) — Insurance; multiple employer self-insured health plans; exempt from premium taxes

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to multiple employer self-insured health plans, so as to exempt multiple employer self-insured health plans from premium taxes; 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 866/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 37 2082/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 37 2206S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 167–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
• Richard Smith — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
• Tom Kirby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-28 House Hopper
• 2016-02-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-03 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-09 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-09 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-22 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-27 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-27 Act 461 executive-signature
• 2016-04-27 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/710517f8-e61d-404a-b7da-7df579b86a31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).