---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; revise certain definitions; clarify coverage applicability of certain automobile policies and property insurance"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to revise certain definitions; to clarify renewal, nonrenewal, and reduction in coverage applicability of certain automobile policies and property insurance; 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 760"
citation: "Georgia HB 760 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Darlene Taylor", "Eddie Lumsden", "Howard Maxwell", "Richard Smith"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44fe65c0-e883-4adb-a3b3-d1fb8620873f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "92d8317bf03f44c960a74eac7a42ca165442b2c81b151d9dfe32133a36c21e06"
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 760 (2017_18) — Insurance; revise certain definitions; clarify coverage applicability of certain automobile policies and property insurance

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to revise certain definitions; to clarify renewal, nonrenewal, and reduction in coverage applicability of certain automobile policies and property insurance; 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 — **161–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** House Hopper
- **2018-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 336 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44fe65c0-e883-4adb-a3b3-d1fb8620873f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).