republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-246.md

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Bill	Georgia World Congress Center Authority; benefit programs to its officers, employees, and other agents; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority, so as to provide that the authority shall have the power to provide benefit programs to its officers, employees, and other agents, including a retirement plan and a group insurance plan; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employee Benefit Plan Council, so as to extend the option to elect coverage in the program to the authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 246	Georgia HB 246 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Jason Shaw Jay Neal Rich Golick Richard Smith	12	17	1	2013-02-07	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0fced9f0-4320-432a-b435-2fcea774ec5f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ac6f73a73f4b5073e332e15bbfe4e5a74d46ea22cb391e9b6f935847a6f85a70	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 246 (2013_14) — Georgia World Congress Center Authority; benefit programs to its officers, employees, and other agents; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority, so as to provide that the authority shall have the power to provide benefit programs to its officers, employees, and other agents, including a retirement plan and a group insurance plan; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employee Benefit Plan Council, so as to extend the option to elect coverage in the program to the authority; 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 246/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 37 1492/a (committee substitute) — source
3. SCSFA to HB 246 (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen FA 1 amended by FA 1a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 37 1609S (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen floor amend 1 AM 21 3860 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1a (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 1b (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen floor amend 1c (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen floor amend 1d (committee substitute) — source
11. Sen floor amend 1e (committee substitute) — source
12. Sen floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jason Shaw — primary (person)
• Jay Neal — primary (person)
• Rich Golick — primary (person)
• Richard Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-07 House Hopper
• 2013-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-18 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2014-03-20 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-27 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 490 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fced9f0-4320-432a-b435-2fcea774ec5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).