---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; electronic transmissions of notices and documents from an insurers to a party to an insurance transaction; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to insurance, so as to define certain terms; to provide for the electronic transmission of notices and documents from an insurer to a party to an insurance transaction; to provide for consent; to provide for applicability; to provide for verification and acknowledgment of receipt; to provide for notarized, acknowledged, verified documents and documents made under oath; to provide for oral statements; to provide for related maters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 645"
citation: "Georgia HB 645 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carl Rogers", "Darlene Taylor", "Jason Shaw", "Matt Dollar", "Quincy Murphy", "Rich Golick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/495720d9-e579-4da3-8719-b647e5004897"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "18350cea6f8451a3408aae877fbca300f2dedff69c47f8c23524f35afebd0d5f"
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 645 (2013_14) — Insurance; electronic transmissions of notices and documents from an insurers to a party to an insurance transaction; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to insurance, so as to define certain terms; to provide for the electronic transmission of notices and documents from an insurer to a party to an insurance transaction; to provide for consent; to provide for applicability; to provide for verification and acknowledgment of receipt; to provide for notarized, acknowledged, verified documents and documents made under oath; to provide for oral statements; to provide for related maters; 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 645/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144450.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2219/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134921.pdf)
3. **LC 37 1707S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139599.pdf)
4. **LC 37 1707S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138945.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
- Quincy Murphy — primary (person)
- Rich Golick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-20** House Hopper
- **2013-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-29** Act 659 `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/495720d9-e579-4da3-8719-b647e5004897`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).