---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; administration of certain rehabilitation policies by a ceding insurer placed into liquidation; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 37 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for rehabilitation, so as to provide for the administration of contracts reinsuring life, disability income or long-term care policies or annuities issued by a ceding insurer that has been placed into liquidation; to provide for the Georgia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association to elect to assume the rights and obligations of a ceding insurer; to provide for duties, rights, and obligations of such association, the reinsurer, and the receiver; to provide for time restrictions for certain actions; to provide for mandatory negotiation; to provide for arbitration; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 294"
citation: "Georgia HB 294 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy DeLoach", "Darlene Taylor", "Eddie Lumsden", "Noel Williams, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bc68cc4-65f9-422b-ab9b-3b2d80f18cfb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c2c4b5680facb1c89c9cb10ed58df547ce1e5b6e3c8e6908d444cc7cb5ef3971"
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 294 (2023_24) — Insurance; administration of certain rehabilitation policies by a ceding insurer placed into liquidation; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 37 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for rehabilitation, so as to provide for the administration of contracts reinsuring life, disability income or long-term care policies or annuities issued by a ceding insurer that has been placed into liquidation; to provide for the Georgia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association to elect to assume the rights and obligations of a ceding insurer; to provide for duties, rights, and obligations of such association, the reinsurer, and the receiver; to provide for time restrictions for certain actions; to provide for mandatory negotiation; to provide for arbitration; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 294/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220438.pdf)
2. **LC 52 0231/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214034.pdf)
3. **SCSFA to HB 294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220367.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 52 0302S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218169.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 52 0021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219696.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #57 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **174–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #385 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #380 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 64 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bc68cc4-65f9-422b-ab9b-3b2d80f18cfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).