---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; division of a domestic insurer into two or more resulting domestic insurers; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to provide for the division of a domestic insurer into two or more resulting domestic insurers; to provide for definitions; to provide for a plan of division subject to approval by the Insurance Commissioner; to provide for a certificate of division; to provide for the effect of a division; to provide for the responsibilities of a resulting insurer; to provide for shareholder appraisal rights; to provide for rules and regulations; to revise the authorization and procedure for merger or consolidation; to amend Part 1 of Article 13 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the right to dissent and obtain payment for shares, so as to add the right to dissent and obtain payment for shares for a division of a domestic insurer; 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: "HB 754"
citation: "Georgia HB 754 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn Hugley", "Darlene Taylor", "Jason Shaw", "Richard Smith", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/211e2f4f-77ad-43ff-8c3f-1d964c8d53fa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f26d37949cd4c53c204262e1de3cba0517ed6784e09e335e9604c73f4a11d3c0"
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 754 (2017_18) — Insurance; division of a domestic insurer into two or more resulting domestic insurers; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to provide for the division of a domestic insurer into two or more resulting domestic insurers; to provide for definitions; to provide for a plan of division subject to approval by the Insurance Commissioner; to provide for a certificate of division; to provide for the effect of a division; to provide for the responsibilities of a resulting insurer; to provide for shareholder appraisal rights; to provide for rules and regulations; to revise the authorization and procedure for merger or consolidation; to amend Part 1 of Article 13 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the right to dissent and obtain payment for shares, so as to add the right to dissent and obtain payment for shares for a division of a domestic insurer; 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 — **173–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** House Hopper
- **2018-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Veto V10 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/211e2f4f-77ad-43ff-8c3f-1d964c8d53fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).