The 2014 legislative session was expected to be a quiet one for health care.

Experts predicted that little of significance on health issues would pass before Georgia lawmakers wrapped up a quick, tidy General Assembly session.

The predictions of a dull session were way off target - sort of like picking Denver to beat Seattle in the Super Bowl.

Major bills on medical marijuana, Medicaid expansion, insurance navigators, autism coverage, abortion, foster care, and the Department of Community Health board have all moved through a chamber or were pending for a vote Monday. In the process, these and other health care proposals captured major legislative attention.

Monday, the 30th day of the legislative session, was Crossover Day. That's a kind of midpoint deadline for bills to advance. A piece of legislation must have passed at least one chamber by midnight on Crossover Day to have a chance at becoming law during the session.

By late afternoon Monday, a handful of bills had moved out of a chamber with clear-cut votes.