republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2017-18/sb-357.md

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Bill	Health Coordination and Innovation Council of the State of Georgia; create	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to create the Health Coordination and Innovation Council of the State of Georgia; to amend other provisions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2017_18	SB 357	Georgia SB 357 (2017_18)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Blake Tillery Brandon Beach Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Hufstetler David Lucas Dean Burke Ellis Black Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Sims Greg Kirk Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Kennedy John Wilkinson Kay Kirkpatrick Lawrence Walker III Lee Anderson Lindsey Tippins Matt Brass Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Dugan P. K. Martin IV Renee Unterman Steve Gooch Tyler Harper	0	16	1	2018-01-25	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/b97dd31c-f1b6-4c07-a67c-5638f3406609	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5dd56e6b6f0a0a306adaaac0ddc701ffdaa44f8ee52eda5d34180473a99e955b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 357 (2017_18) — Health Coordination and Innovation Council of the State of Georgia; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to create the Health Coordination and Innovation Council of the State of Georgia; to amend other provisions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to provide for conforming changes; 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.

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 53–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Sims — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-25 Senate Hopper
• 2018-01-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2018-02-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-06 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2018-02-07 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2018-02-07 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2018-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2018-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2018-03-09 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-14 House Postponed
• 2018-03-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2018-03-15 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2018-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2018-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-08 Veto V21 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b97dd31c-f1b6-4c07-a67c-5638f3406609. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).