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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Federal Abortion Mandate Opt-out Act\""
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a short title; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide a definition; to opt out of funding certain abortions through certain qualified health plans; to provide for certain exceptions; to provide for a right of intervention in certain lawsuits; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "SB 98"
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citation: "Georgia SB 98 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry Loudermilk", "Bill Heath", "Brandon Beach", "Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "Cecil Staton", "Earl Carter", "Fran Millar", "Jeff Mullis", "Judson Hill", "Ross Tolleson", "Steve Gooch", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-01"
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last_action: "2014-04-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57289979-c0d1-4b26-8016-d3ed60b2293e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c7e6faa529c48bd15627c378154eb5dfe25284a7c35d975044968d3e88df0557"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 98 (2013_14) — "Federal Abortion Mandate Opt-out Act"
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a short title; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide a definition; to opt out of funding certain abortions through certain qualified health plans; to provide for certain exceptions; to provide for a right of intervention in certain lawsuits; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 28 6374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129491.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141935.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 28 7116S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140803.pdf)
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4. **LC 25 6394S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143207.pdf)
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5. **LC 25 6403S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143807.pdf)
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6. **SB 98/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144780.pdf)
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7. **SB 98/HRCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143864.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MOTION TO ENGROSS — **35–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Loudermilk — primary (person)
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- Bill Heath — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Cecil Staton — primary (person)
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- Earl Carter — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-01** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-03** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2014-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2014-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-21** Act 547 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-21** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57289979-c0d1-4b26-8016-d3ed60b2293e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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