---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; provide for insurance compliance self-evaluative privilege; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the department and Commissioner of Insurance, so as to provide for insurance compliance self-evaluative privilege; to provide for intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for an insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document as privileged information; to provide for inadmissibility in certain legal actions; to provide for applications and exceptions; to provide for the burden of proof; to provide for related matters; to provide for an automatic repeal date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 162"
citation: "Georgia HB 162 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Darlene Taylor", "Eddie Lumsden", "Howard Maxwell", "Jason Shaw"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e25d891-8066-4111-bb8c-69e0f5af6aaf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "65c37962454d714ca65007e6061ab2a12690824f632fdae71bfc8a9641fa3293"
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 162 (2015_16) — Insurance; provide for insurance compliance self-evaluative privilege; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the department and Commissioner of Insurance, so as to provide for insurance compliance self-evaluative privilege; to provide for intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for an insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document as privileged information; to provide for inadmissibility in certain legal actions; to provide for applications and exceptions; to provide for the burden of proof; to provide for related matters; to provide for an automatic repeal date; 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. **Floor Amendment - Weldon of the 3rd** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148622.pdf)
2. **HB 162/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153896.pdf)
3. **HB 162/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148515.pdf)
4. **LC 37 1884/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146227.pdf)
5. **LC 37 1911S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147489.pdf)
6. **SCSFA TO HB 162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153069.pdf)
7. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2007S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152460.pdf)
8. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 37 0289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153046.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **163–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-28** House Hopper
- **2015-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-18** House Postponed
- **2015-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 117 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e25d891-8066-4111-bb8c-69e0f5af6aaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).