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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance; discrimination against victims of family violence to include victims of sexual assault; expand prohibitions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices regarding insurance, so as to expand prohibitions on discrimination against victims of family violence to include victims of sexual assault; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 227"
+citation: "Georgia HB 227 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bee Nguyen", "Debbie Buckner", "Demetrius Douglas", "Michael Smith", "Park Cannon", "Spencer Frye"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05b4e5d7-1e17-4726-ac35-a60cc49d9b88"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "dc7162131f088daff193dc1ab9b310af20f7f45faeef2513aef15f9af2c97241"
+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 227 (2019_20) — Insurance; discrimination against victims of family violence to include victims of sexual assault; expand prohibitions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices regarding insurance, so as to expand prohibitions on discrimination against victims of family violence to include victims of sexual assault; 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.
+
+1. **HB 227/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186286.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 0056/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180920.pdf)
+3. **LC 46 0123S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183893.pdf)
+4. **LC 46 0123S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183140.pdf)
+5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 46 0002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185779.pdf)
+6. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185780.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 2a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185783.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bee Nguyen — primary (person)
+- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
+- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
+- Michael Smith — primary (person)
+- Park Cannon — primary (person)
+- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 273 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05b4e5d7-1e17-4726-ac35-a60cc49d9b88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+