republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-453.md

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Bill	Health; ambulance services pay annual license fee; repeal requirement	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal a requirement that every ambulance service pay an annual license fee; to repeal a requirement that ambulance service annual license fees be deposited into the Indigent Care Trust Fund; to provide for a conforming change; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 453	Georgia HB 453 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Derrick McCollum Devan Seabaugh Dexter Sharper Lee Hawkins Scott Hilton Sharon Cooper	3	18	3	2023-02-16	2024-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/34308095-351b-419e-8921-f4d3ea870c59	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3cc62ab0bea411879bf94da045e99966a0c516710f02381ad6350bd2b2316845	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 453 (2023_24) — Health; ambulance services pay annual license fee; repeal requirement

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal a requirement that every ambulance service pay an annual license fee; to repeal a requirement that ambulance service annual license fees be deposited into the Indigent Care Trust Fund; to provide for a conforming change; 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 453/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 54 0190/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 54 0243S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #375 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 162–1 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #148 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #360 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 41–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
• Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
• Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Scott Hilton — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-02 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-27 Senate Tabled
• 2023-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
• 2023-03-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-04 Act 344 executive-signature
• 2024-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34308095-351b-419e-8921-f4d3ea870c59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).