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Bill Self-funded Healthcare Plan Opt-in to the Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; enact A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide an option for self-funded healthcare plans, exempt from state regulation under federal law, to opt in to Georgia's Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 HB 234 Georgia HB 234 (2021_22)
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David Knight
Jodi Lott
Lee Hawkins
Mark Newton
Stan Gunter
2 17 1 2021-02-01 2021-04-29 openstates ocd-bill/0204f5a2-d527-4adb-ab1b-0995b033b7de http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl b0e376b3e03c2513a38037987b4bf1451a36af11659cf629e0f63bff95c99ae3 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Georgia HB 234 (2021_22) — Self-funded Healthcare Plan Opt-in to the Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide an option for self-funded healthcare plans, exempt from state regulation under federal law, to opt in to Georgia's Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for an effective date; 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 234/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 46 0375/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1650 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
  • David Knight — primary (person)
  • Jodi Lott — primary (person)
  • Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
  • Mark Newton — primary (person)
  • Stan Gunter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-01 House Hopper
  • 2021-02-02 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2021-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2021-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2021-02-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2021-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2021-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-15 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2021-03-18 Senate Tabled
  • 2021-03-22 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2021-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2021-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2021-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-04-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-04-29 Act 36 executive-signature
  • 2021-04-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0204f5a2-d527-4adb-ab1b-0995b033b7de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).