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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance; division of a domestic insurer into two or more resulting domestic insurers; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to provide for the division of a domestic insurer into two or more resulting domestic insurers; to provide for definitions; to provide for a plan of division subject to approval by the Insurance Commissioner; to amend Part 1 of Article 13 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the right to dissent and obtain payment for shares, so as to add the right to dissent and obtain payment for shares for a division of a domestic insurer; 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: "SB 156"
+citation: "Georgia SB 156 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["P. K. Martin IV"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-21"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44b27192-df55-45b3-9f92-413a5ece0a76"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b653ee2bcb1bbeecb1ec6b05703d6ef2118cc41f59e087dc1d37ae5e39db35e0"
+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 156 (2019_20) — Insurance; division of a domestic insurer into two or more resulting domestic insurers; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to provide for the division of a domestic insurer into two or more resulting domestic insurers; to provide for definitions; to provide for a plan of division subject to approval by the Insurance Commissioner; to amend Part 1 of Article 13 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the right to dissent and obtain payment for shares, so as to add the right to dissent and obtain payment for shares for a division of a domestic insurer; 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. **As introduced LC 46 0104ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182287.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183254.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 46 0116ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182749.pdf)
+4. **Floor amend 1 AM 46 0012** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183220.pdf)
+5. **SB156/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185075.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-21** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-02** Act 147 `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/44b27192-df55-45b3-9f92-413a5ece0a76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+