---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus Line Insurance; nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to surplus line insurance, so as to provide that a nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; to provide a definition; to provide for criteria; to provide for tax assessment; to provide for certain protection exceptions; to provide for financial and solvency requirements; to provide for exemptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "Georgia SB 381 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "David Shafer", "John Albers", "Lawrence Walker III", "Marty Harbin", "Michael Williams", "P. K. Martin IV"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5064581-11cd-4c0c-af4b-e04df0f93c0f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e4eb0000dd639b7e8c5a644d877f6168d18ef277f1a76e3a78dd6ff42a382f06"
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 381 (2017_18) — Surplus Line Insurance; nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to surplus line insurance, so as to provide that a nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; to provide a definition; to provide for criteria; to provide for tax assessment; to provide for certain protection exceptions; to provide for financial and solvency requirements; to provide for exemptions; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **37–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- David Shafer — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Michael Williams — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-01** Senate Hopper
- **2018-02-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 448 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5064581-11cd-4c0c-af4b-e04df0f93c0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).