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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance; regulation of insurance company holding systems; update"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance holding company systems, so as to update the regulation of insurance company holding systems; to provide for definitions; to provide the Commissioner with new supervisory authority; to provide for enforcement authority; to provide for confidentiality; 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 491"
+citation: "Georgia HB 491 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Eddie Lumsden", "Lee Hawkins", "Richard Smith", "Shaw Blackmon"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-26"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d384daf-628d-46e9-9903-dd1197163f71"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "af759d516ac95b40505fce69f6253619a381d5431d0108dde9d4708de1ad2088"
+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 491 (2019_20) — Insurance; regulation of insurance company holding systems; update
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance holding company systems, so as to update the regulation of insurance company holding systems; to provide for definitions; to provide the Commissioner with new supervisory authority; to provide for enforcement authority; to provide for confidentiality; 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 491/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187031.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 0115/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182871.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **154–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Richard Smith — primary (person)
+- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-26** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-10** Act 317 `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/9d384daf-628d-46e9-9903-dd1197163f71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+