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type: "Bill"
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title: "State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employees' insurance and benefits plans, so as to require the state employees' health insurance plan include high deductible health plans; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 422"
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citation: "Georgia HB 422 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["INSURANCE", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Bruce Williamson", "Derrick McCollum", "James Burchett", "Jan Jones", "Shaw Blackmon"]
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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: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81eb6df7-a1d1-4f71-aa49-56c0e97f2752"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f1d2d89f3436c67559a94b6906fc06e68658c65bf1e6814a1007a67dd470e74a"
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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 422 (2025_26) — State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employees' insurance and benefits plans, so as to require the state employees' health insurance plan include high deductible health plans; 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 422/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239310.pdf)
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2. **LC 55 0485/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232294.pdf)
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3. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 55 0597S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236176.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #119 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #450 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #461 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
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- James Burchett — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 267 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/81eb6df7-a1d1-4f71-aa49-56c0e97f2752`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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