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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "State's Employee Benefit Plan Council; council to establish health savings accounts; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state's Employee Benefit Plan Council, so as to require such council to establish health savings accounts and to continually provide for education or salary reductions for such accounts; 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: "SB 199"
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citation: "Georgia SB 199 (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: ["Blake Tillery", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Ed Harbison", "Ed Setzler", "Elena Parent", "Gloria Butler", "Harold Jones II", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jason Esteves", "Josh McLaurin", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson", "Larry Walker, III", "Nabilah Islam Parkes", "Nikki Merritt", "Russ Goodman", "Shawn Still", "Shelly Echols", "Sonya Halpern", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-15"
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last_action: "2023-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31cbe9ff-af19-4878-8a2e-84f866ab2cdc"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2e6d2a1883078e5d060fc9e3d56971044338d973b757285ad6dca109956e9e39"
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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 199 (2023_24) — State's Employee Benefit Plan Council; council to establish health savings accounts; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state's Employee Benefit Plan Council, so as to require such council to establish health savings accounts and to continually provide for education or salary reductions for such accounts; 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 36 5483** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214929.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217167.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216746.pdf)
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4. **LC 54 0248S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218178.pdf)
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5. **LC 54 0251S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219204.pdf)
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6. **SB 199/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219461.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #290 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #292 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #160 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
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- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Nabilah Islam Parkes — primary (person)
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- Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-15** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-05** Veto V13 `executive-veto`
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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/31cbe9ff-af19-4878-8a2e-84f866ab2cdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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