republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-973.md

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Bill	Medicaid; changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent claims; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7B of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false Medicaid claims, so as to provide for changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent Medicaid claims; to provide for a definition; to revise certain provisions relating to when the court shall dismiss a civil action or claim; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 973	Georgia HB 973 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Edward Lindsey Katie Dempsey Matt Ramsey Stacey Evans Wendell Willard	4	19	1	2014-02-10	2014-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/084d0e6e-8be9-48e5-a2ac-8c5a4c1098b0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8dfc9d89312026da46d1284f25fb88a00a78dc81234a7e398d2b3d9cd782200c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 973 (2013_14) — Medicaid; changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent claims; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7B of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to false Medicaid claims, so as to provide for changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent Medicaid claims; to provide for a definition; to revise certain provisions relating to when the court shall dismiss a civil action or claim; 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 973/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5942S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5942S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 37 1723/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 171–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
• Stacey Evans — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-10 House Hopper
• 2014-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-18 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2014-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-24 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2014-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-12 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 482 executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/084d0e6e-8be9-48e5-a2ac-8c5a4c1098b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).