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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; hospitals and related institutions; restrict civil actions against passive investors in nursing homes and intermediate care homes"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to restrict civil actions against passive investors in nursing homes and intermediate care homes; to provide for definitions; to provide for procedure; to provide for insurance or self-insurance trusts as a condition precedent to obtaining or maintaining a permit to operate a nursing home or intermediate care home; to provide for related matters; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 920"
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citation: "Georgia HB 920 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Jay Powell", "Jesse Petrea", "Sharon Cooper", "Trey Kelley"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-04"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0087b7e3-a942-4ec2-9f35-4d2f11f6eaf7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3eac66479ec3b4378bb903859fe27d95e8c339c0d8aeda7ddf0b992618a99356"
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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 HB 920 (2015_16) — Health; hospitals and related institutions; restrict civil actions against passive investors in nursing homes and intermediate care homes
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to restrict civil actions against passive investors in nursing homes and intermediate care homes; to provide for definitions; to provide for procedure; to provide for insurance or self-insurance trusts as a condition precedent to obtaining or maintaining a permit to operate a nursing home or intermediate care home; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 920/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161660.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6891ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156564.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 7048ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159062.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 7048ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158925.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7093ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160303.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **137–14** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-04** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-27** Act 476 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/0087b7e3-a942-4ec2-9f35-4d2f11f6eaf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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