---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; modernization and updates; provide"
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 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 133"
citation: "Georgia SB 133 (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/967f5ea5-19d1-4e97-b116-6f684b981311"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "78807268607ecba33cf1b7b325db50c44310d173787a4bce03260442fccdd6f6"
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 133 (2019_20) — Insurance; modernization and updates; provide

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 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 0090** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181945.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183500.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183463.pdf)
4. **LC 46 0153S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184817.pdf)
5. **SB 133/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187053.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 6TH — **38–14** (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`
- **2019-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** 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 140 `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/967f5ea5-19d1-4e97-b116-6f684b981311`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).