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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance; allow plan sponsor to consent on behalf of an enrollee to electronic delivery of all communication"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to allow a plan sponsor of a health benefit plan to consent on behalf of an enrollee to the electronic delivery of all communications related to the plan; to allow the enrollee an opportunity to refuse to agree to receive mailings electronically; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1308"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1308 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Matthew Gambill", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Penny Houston", "Todd Jones", "Trey Kelley"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-10"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21179e3e-9667-4489-8b4d-54612f1ab69d"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "7dd07b750f1d511f7a942ae0e32d7a074641e61e57408cc1588fbab59ed2516e"
+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 1308 (2021_22) — Insurance; allow plan sponsor to consent on behalf of an enrollee to electronic delivery of all communication
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to allow a plan sponsor of a health benefit plan to consent on behalf of an enrollee to the electronic delivery of all communications related to the plan; to allow the enrollee an opportunity to refuse to agree to receive mailings electronically; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 1308/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210641.pdf)
+2. **LC 52 0046/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206041.pdf)
+3. **LC 52 0093S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207822.pdf)
+4. **LC 52 0093S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206904.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **161–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
+- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
+- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Todd Jones — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-10** House Hopper
+- **2022-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-02** Act 773 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21179e3e-9667-4489-8b4d-54612f1ab69d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+