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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; ambulance services pay annual license fee; repeal requirement"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal a requirement that every ambulance service pay an annual license fee; to repeal a requirement that ambulance service annual license fees be deposited into the Indigent Care Trust Fund; to provide for a conforming change; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 453"
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citation: "Georgia HB 453 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Derrick McCollum", "Devan Seabaugh", "Dexter Sharper", "Lee Hawkins", "Scott Hilton", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34308095-351b-419e-8921-f4d3ea870c59"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3cc62ab0bea411879bf94da045e99966a0c516710f02381ad6350bd2b2316845"
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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 453 (2023_24) — Health; ambulance services pay annual license fee; repeal requirement
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal a requirement that every ambulance service pay an annual license fee; to repeal a requirement that ambulance service annual license fees be deposited into the Indigent Care Trust Fund; to provide for a conforming change; 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 453/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220433.pdf)
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2. **LC 54 0190/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215058.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 54 0243S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218166.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #375 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–1** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #148 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #360 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **41–10** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
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- Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
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- Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Act 344 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-01-01** 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/34308095-351b-419e-8921-f4d3ea870c59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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