---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; Standard Valuation Law; extensively revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to extensively revise the \"Standard Valuation Law\"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 185"
citation: "Georgia HB 185 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Chuck Efstration", "Darlene Taylor", "Jason Shaw", "Matt Dollar", "Richard Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-02"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/820b0668-1689-4fbf-aecd-91e6fb71e04f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "45d17ef7a57fa34ba012bd96c35d0b90011cb66fe5b9f955998e9c721cf73c08"
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 185 (2015_16) — Insurance; Standard Valuation Law; extensively revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to extensively revise the "Standard Valuation Law"; 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 185/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153900.pdf)
2. **LC 37 1890ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146688.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2022ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152742.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **155–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-02** House Hopper
- **2015-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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
- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 120 `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/820b0668-1689-4fbf-aecd-91e6fb71e04f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).