---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; removing the insurer annual publication requirement; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to authorization and general requirements for transaction of insurance, so as to provide for removing the insurer annual publication requirement; to provide that the Commissioner shall provide on the department's website a financial summary position of each insurer; to provide for changes to the submission of reports by property and casualty insurers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "Georgia HB 229 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buzz Brockway", "Darlene Taylor", "Jason Shaw", "John Carson", "Rich Golick", "Sam Teasley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-06"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/637df72c-be24-47d5-bdce-c111f219deab"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "34bb6b28f3f88d0924b8c0b89a14ed38272383eb6e6acc6caa438ced3b6d8e5d"
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 229 (2013_14) — Insurance; removing the insurer annual publication requirement; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to authorization and general requirements for transaction of insurance, so as to provide for removing the insurer annual publication requirement; to provide that the Commissioner shall provide on the department's website a financial summary position of each insurer; to provide for changes to the submission of reports by property and casualty insurers; 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 229/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142585.pdf)
2. **LC 37 1520/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129985.pdf)
3. **LC 37 1539S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133307.pdf)
4. **LC 37 1539S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132875.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Rich Golick — primary (person)
- Sam Teasley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-06** House Hopper
- **2013-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-01-13** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 489 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/637df72c-be24-47d5-bdce-c111f219deab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).