---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; modernization and updates; provide; Commission on the Georgia Health Insurance Risk Pool; repeal Article 2 of Chapter 29A"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for modernization and updates; to amend various provisions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated for purposes of conformity; to repeal Article 2 of Chapter 29A, relating to the Commission on the Georgia Health Insurance Risk Pool; to provide for any assets, liabilities, and obligations thereof; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 132"
citation: "Georgia SB 132 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Larry Walker, III", "Marty Harbin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc53ac75-d79e-4f0e-b3d0-8b7c4a7db3e5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "31182de824cd4615632c552a4c98fce8c127549bded890dc47796d97d537ccf2"
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 SB 132 (2019_20) — Insurance; modernization and updates; provide; Commission on the Georgia Health Insurance Risk Pool; repeal Article 2 of Chapter 29A

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for modernization and updates; to amend various provisions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated for purposes of conformity; to repeal Article 2 of Chapter 29A, relating to the Commission on the Georgia Health Insurance Risk Pool; to provide for any assets, liabilities, and obligations thereof; 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. **As introduced LC 46 0089** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181943.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184159.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1 AM 41 0421** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184002.pdf)
4. **LC 46 0152S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184818.pdf)
5. **SB132/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187050.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** House Postponed
- **2019-03-22** House Postponed
- **2019-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Act 139 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc53ac75-d79e-4f0e-b3d0-8b7c4a7db3e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).