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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Property Insurance Policies; notice required to be given a policyholder before the nonrenewal of his or her homeowners' insurance policy; increase the number of days"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cancellation or nonrenewal of certain property insurance policies, so as to increase the number of days of notice required to be given a policyholder before the nonrenewal of his or her homeowners' insurance policy; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 35"
+citation: "Georgia SB 35 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "John Albers", "Larry Walker, III", "Marty Harbin", "Randy Robertson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97b9861c-b472-40b8-93f4-8b58617fe9ab"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "95674ab96df8857bdb0e8ea0ed38f929a7f37d4ef2653904f97059bd57114cc2"
+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 35 (2025_26) — Property Insurance Policies; notice required to be given a policyholder before the nonrenewal of his or her homeowners' insurance policy; increase the number of days
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cancellation or nonrenewal of certain property insurance policies, so as to increase the number of days of notice required to be given a policyholder before the nonrenewal of his or her homeowners' insurance policy; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231755.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 46 0947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230370.pdf)
+3. **Committee Sub LC 46 1059S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231355.pdf)
+4. **SB 35/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236504.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #30 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #286 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
+- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
+- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-27** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Act 277 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97b9861c-b472-40b8-93f4-8b58617fe9ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+