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86 lines
3.9 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Autism; age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; change"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-59.10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coverage for autism, so as to change the age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 118"
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citation: "Georgia SB 118 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Chuck Payne", "Elena Parent", "Fran Millar", "Frank Ginn", "Gloria Butler", "Greg Kirk", "Horacena Tate", "John Albers", "John Wilkinson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Renee Unterman"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-02"
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last_action: "2019-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38dcdf89-6f7d-4382-85c7-55db79980245"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "687aa88ed89deab778cd4e296fbcafee1af6159bac5f6c102b9123d4951c747f"
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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 118 (2017_18) — Autism; age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; change
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-59.10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coverage for autism, so as to change the age limit for coverage for autism spectrum disorders for an individual covered under a policy or contract; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Horacena Tate — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-02** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 479 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-01-01** 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/38dcdf89-6f7d-4382-85c7-55db79980245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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