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type: "Bill"
title: "Greene County; certain officials; clarify the qualifications for participation in health insurance program"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide that certain officials of Greene County who have served at least 15 years in office may, upon leaving, continue to participate in the county health insurance program for themselves and their dependents by paying the total cost of such participation, approved May 16, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 3664), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3654), so as to clarify the qualifications for participation in such health insurance program; to clarify who is covered under such provision; to provide limits on coverages offered; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1153"
citation: "Georgia HB 1153 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-03-15"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bcc4198-4a58-4317-8616-9daf1cc5ad67"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "44b02f7b8b0a5b6675e1edebcfd9d29517d24e86adf0a389fbabbe6f864898ee"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1153 (2015_16) — Greene County; certain officials; clarify the qualifications for participation in health insurance program
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide that certain officials of Greene County who have served at least 15 years in office may, upon leaving, continue to participate in the county health insurance program for themselves and their dependents by paying the total cost of such participation, approved May 16, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 3664), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3654), so as to clarify the qualifications for participation in such health insurance program; to clarify who is covered under such provision; to provide limits on coverages offered; 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 1153/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162485.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7839/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160541.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **139–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-03-15** House Hopper
- **2016-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 594 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bcc4198-4a58-4317-8616-9daf1cc5ad67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).