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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reinsurance of Risks; adequate regulation of reinsurers; incorporation of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners reinsurance model into the Georgia Insurance Code; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-7-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reinsurance of risks, so as to provide adequate regulation of reinsurers; to provide for the incorporation of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners reinsurance model law into the Georgia Insurance Code; to provide domestic ceding insurers credit as either an asset or a deduction in liability on account of reinsurance purchased only when the purchase meets new requirements; 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 188"
+citation: "Georgia SB 188 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Greg Kirk", "Larry Walker, III", "Marty Harbin", "P. K. Martin IV"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-25"
+last_action: "2020-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47fbcec5-69f7-4598-ad06-0de9b47dfc35"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "a9a83e9227ef4488db979f09aeaf4e43d822c25c22f432129b44c9f1cfb4375b"
+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 188 (2019_20) — Reinsurance of Risks; adequate regulation of reinsurers; incorporation of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners reinsurance model into the Georgia Insurance Code; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-7-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reinsurance of risks, so as to provide adequate regulation of reinsurers; to provide for the incorporation of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners reinsurance model law into the Georgia Insurance Code; to provide domestic ceding insurers credit as either an asset or a deduction in liability on account of reinsurance purchased only when the purchase meets new requirements; 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 0099** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182663.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183861.pdf)
+3. **LC 46 0228S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193028.pdf)
+4. **SB188/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194297.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burt Jones — primary (person)
+- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
+- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
+- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
+- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-25** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2020-06-20** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-30** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-30** Act 408 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47fbcec5-69f7-4598-ad06-0de9b47dfc35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+