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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance; electronic transmissions of notices and documents from an insurers to a party to an insurance transaction; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to insurance, so as to define certain terms; to provide for the electronic transmission of notices and documents from an insurer to a party to an insurance transaction; to provide for consent; to provide for applicability; to provide for verification and acknowledgment of receipt; to provide for notarized, acknowledged, verified documents and documents made under oath; to provide for oral statements; to provide for related maters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 645"
+citation: "Georgia HB 645 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carl Rogers", "Darlene Taylor", "Jason Shaw", "Matt Dollar", "Quincy Murphy", "Rich Golick"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-03-20"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/495720d9-e579-4da3-8719-b647e5004897"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "18350cea6f8451a3408aae877fbca300f2dedff69c47f8c23524f35afebd0d5f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 645 (2013_14) — Insurance; electronic transmissions of notices and documents from an insurers to a party to an insurance transaction; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to insurance, so as to define certain terms; to provide for the electronic transmission of notices and documents from an insurer to a party to an insurance transaction; to provide for consent; to provide for applicability; to provide for verification and acknowledgment of receipt; to provide for notarized, acknowledged, verified documents and documents made under oath; to provide for oral statements; to provide for related maters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 645/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144450.pdf)
+2. **LC 21 2219/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134921.pdf)
+3. **LC 37 1707S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139599.pdf)
+4. **LC 37 1707S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138945.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
+- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
+- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
+- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
+- Quincy Murphy — primary (person)
+- Rich Golick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-03-20** House Hopper
+- **2013-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-29** Act 659 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/495720d9-e579-4da3-8719-b647e5004897`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+