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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance; Commissioner's enforcement authority with regard to adjusters; increase"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing of agents, agencies, subagents, counselors, and adjusters, so as to increase the Insurance Commissioner's enforcement authority with regard to adjusters; to provide for allowable types of remuneration; to provide for proof of financial responsibility; to provide for record keeping; to provide for certain consumer protections; to provide for advertising requirements; to provide for certain prohibited acts; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 254"
+citation: "Georgia HB 254 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Carolyn Hugley", "Darlene Taylor", "Eddie Lumsden", "Steve Tarvin"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-02"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf2d0926-72b2-4fe2-8179-ed8493dcf291"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "339ecb638bd1405b0524689280ba33380f8e7d1f004b8fc26a4442aa4d1736d4"
+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 254 (2021_22) — Insurance; Commissioner's enforcement authority with regard to adjusters; increase
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing of agents, agencies, subagents, counselors, and adjusters, so as to increase the Insurance Commissioner's enforcement authority with regard to adjusters; to provide for allowable types of remuneration; to provide for proof of financial responsibility; to provide for record keeping; to provide for certain consumer protections; to provide for advertising requirements; to provide for certain prohibited acts; 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 254/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202450.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 0389/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196587.pdf)
+3. **LC 46 0404S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197677.pdf)
+4. **LC 46 0404S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197290.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 46 0429S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201344.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **160–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
+- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-02** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Act 185 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf2d0926-72b2-4fe2-8179-ed8493dcf291`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+