---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; statement indicating that the subscriber's health policy is fully insured is included on a subscriber's health insurance identification card; require"
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 require that a statement indicating that the subscriber's health policy is fully insured is included on a subscriber's health insurance identification card; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "Georgia SB 142 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "David Lucas", "Dean Burke", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Lester Jackson", "Matt Brass"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b72d1e5-8d31-4831-8565-20370e8bcb34"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fce4af21aabb4630cc9e2a16111cf7ce6e3ce0bbcd362ad4a04e6100723ccfc8"
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 142 (2019_20) — Insurance; statement indicating that the subscriber's health policy is fully insured is included on a subscriber's health insurance identification card; require

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 require that a statement indicating that the subscriber's health policy is fully insured is included on a subscriber's health insurance identification card; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; 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 33 7758** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182077.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183552.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183615.pdf)
4. **LC 46 0167S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186224.pdf)
5. **SB 142/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187433.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- David Lucas — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-21** 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`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** House Postponed
- **2019-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 282 `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/2b72d1e5-8d31-4831-8565-20370e8bcb34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).