Hospital Care for the Indigent; additional reporting requirement for rural hospitals; provide
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hospital care for the indigent generally, so as to provide for an additional reporting requirement for rural hospitals; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from income taxes, so as to change certain amounts and entities eligible for the credit; to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure not required, so that the identities of individual and corporate donors to rural hospital organizations are exempt from public disclosure; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
House Passage
Mar 2017
Signed into Law
May 2017
Introduced Feb 15, 2017
Signed May 8, 2017
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2017
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 26
Mar 3, 2017
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
2
May 8, 2017
Signed into law
Act 200
upper
May 8, 2017
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 30, 2017
Introduced
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
lower
Mar 30, 2017
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
upper
Mar 28, 2017
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 22, 2017
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Mar 3, 2017
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Feb 28, 2017
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 16, 2017
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dean Burke
RRepublican
P
Ellis Black
RRepublican
P
John Wilkinson
RRepublican
P
Lee Anderson
RRepublican
P
Matt Brass
RRepublican
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