---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; limited credit insurance agency license; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-23-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limited licenses, so as to provide for a limited credit insurance agency license; to provide for requirements; to provide for application to the Commissioner; to provide for penalties; to provide for a decision appeal; to provide for license renewal; 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 938"
citation: "Georgia HB 938 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn Hugley", "Darlene Taylor", "Eddie Lumsden", "Jason Shaw", "Richard Smith"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7073ac23-d74e-4e8b-a87c-f7e1806ffff3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a770e86e1f6c34f4a4ff0f87d14db3b2ca07928b5c9bd19435a8c036786bacc1"
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 938 (2017_18) — Insurance; limited credit insurance agency license; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-23-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limited licenses, so as to provide for a limited credit insurance agency license; to provide for requirements; to provide for application to the Commissioner; to provide for penalties; to provide for a decision appeal; to provide for license renewal; 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 — **167–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** House Hopper
- **2018-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** 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`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 553 `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/7073ac23-d74e-4e8b-a87c-f7e1806ffff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).