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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Surplus Line Insurance; nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to surplus line insurance, so as to provide that a nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; to provide a definition; to provide for criteria; to provide for tax assessment; to provide for certain protection exceptions; to provide for financial and solvency requirements; to provide for exemptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "SB 381"
+citation: "Georgia SB 381 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "David Shafer", "John Albers", "Lawrence Walker III", "Marty Harbin", "Michael Williams", "P. K. Martin IV"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-01"
+last_action: "2018-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5064581-11cd-4c0c-af4b-e04df0f93c0f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e4eb0000dd639b7e8c5a644d877f6168d18ef277f1a76e3a78dd6ff42a382f06"
+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 SB 381 (2017_18) — Surplus Line Insurance; nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to surplus line insurance, so as to provide that a nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; to provide a definition; to provide for criteria; to provide for tax assessment; to provide for certain protection exceptions; to provide for financial and solvency requirements; to provide for exemptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **37–17** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- David Shafer — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
+- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
+- Michael Williams — primary (person)
+- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-01** Senate Hopper
+- **2018-02-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Act 448 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5064581-11cd-4c0c-af4b-e04df0f93c0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+