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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Noncovered Eye Care Services Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices and penalty, so as to provide that certain actions by health care insurers offering eye care benefit plans constitute unfair trade practices; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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: "SB 43"
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citation: "Georgia SB 43 (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: ["Brian Strickland", "Butch Miller", "Carden Summers", "Elena Parent", "Emanuel Jones", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Dolezal", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "Larry Walker, III", "Lester Jackson", "Matt Brass", "Max Burns"]
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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: "2021-01-28"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebc9d6de-05f9-4d6f-af76-d60ac2d3761b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d528e00569354b9be55757522efc79b69f171735b90c694335b76711682030db"
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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 43 (2021_22) — "Noncovered Eye Care Services Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices and penalty, so as to provide that certain actions by health care insurers offering eye care benefit plans constitute unfair trade practices; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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. **As introduced LC 46 0367** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196143.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197674.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 46 0407S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197271.pdf)
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4. **LC 46 0453S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200199.pdf)
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5. **SB 43/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201762.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-28** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-17** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-06** Act 248 `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/ebc9d6de-05f9-4d6f-af76-d60ac2d3761b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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