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78 lines
4.3 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance; require certain insurers to make at least one reasonably priced comprehensive major medical health insurance policy available"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 30 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to group or blanket accident and sickness insurance, so as to require certain insurers to make at least one reasonably priced comprehensive major medical health insurance policy available to residents in this state without limitation or exclusion based on preexisting conditions; to condition such requirement on the repeal or judicial invalidation of certain provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; to provide for definitions; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 509"
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citation: "Georgia HB 509 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lumsden", "Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower", "Mark Newton", "Sharon Cooper", "Trey Kelley"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-17"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d42bef8-d3dd-4c3e-b4ab-a0b417adec8d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5f15597eaab491135b473e9d440bcd19be2a27b5fd60bf44423a69503970c205"
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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 509 (2021_22) — Insurance; require certain insurers to make at least one reasonably priced comprehensive major medical health insurance policy available
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 30 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to group or blanket accident and sickness insurance, so as to require certain insurers to make at least one reasonably priced comprehensive major medical health insurance policy available to residents in this state without limitation or exclusion based on preexisting conditions; to condition such requirement on the repeal or judicial invalidation of certain provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; to provide for definitions; 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 509/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202044.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 0415/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197969.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **121–11** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Mark Newton — 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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- **2021-02-17** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-06** Act 235 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/0d42bef8-d3dd-4c3e-b4ab-a0b417adec8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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