# Georgia HB 422: State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans

Georgia HB 422, State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Shaw Blackmon (Republican), James Burchett (Republican), Jan Jones (Republican) and 3 others; status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Effective Date); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HB 422
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-12
- Last action: 2025-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsors: Shaw Blackmon (Republican), James Burchett (Republican), Jan Jones (Republican), Derrick McCollum (Republican), Brad Thomas (Republican), Bruce Williamson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Insurance, Insurance and Labor, General Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (378 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More health choices for Georgia state employees: benefit, low. By January 1, 2028, Georgia's state employee health plan must offer at least two high-deductible plans from different insurers. Each insurer must have an affiliated custodian managing health savings accounts that qualify under federal tax law, Section 223. Accepted plan bids must be cost neutral; t…
- Payroll health savings encouraged for public workers: benefit, low. The law encourages government employers, including local school boards, to offer pretax payroll contributions to health savings accounts. This applies to workers outside the law's covered-employee group who participate in the state health plan and enroll in a high-deductible plan. Contributions mus…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Shaw Blackmon (Republican), House
- Sponsor: James Burchett (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jan Jones (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Derrick McCollum (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Brad Thomas (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Bruce Williamson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Esteves (Democrat), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-04 | Senate | PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE | pass | 52 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-04-04 | House | Agree to Senate Substitute | pass | 163 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025-02-28 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 163 | 0 | 7 |

## Actions (18)

- 2025-07-01: Effective Date
- 2025-05-14: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-05-14: Act 267
- 2025-04-09: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2025-04-04: Senate Taken from Table (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub (House)
- 2025-04-02: Senate Tabled (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-02-28: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-02-26: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-02-18: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-02-13: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-02-12: House Hopper (House)

## Bill text

- HB 422/AP* (v5): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239310)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [HB 422/AP* (v5) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239310)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB422-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).