---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; compliance self-evaluative privilege; repeal applicability and sunset provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-2-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance compliance self-evaluative privilege, so as to repeal the applicability and sunset provisions; 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 592"
citation: "Georgia HB 592 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Eddie Lumsden", "Howard Maxwell", "Jason Shaw", "Richard Smith"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0e5ac99-e4ef-4d62-a096-08d25ef0b52f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3557540cd682174cc73f2880c6788a3d17d90e678082b430e1260e4317e8511c"
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 592 (2017_18) — Insurance; compliance self-evaluative privilege; repeal applicability and sunset provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-2-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance compliance self-evaluative privilege, so as to repeal the applicability and sunset provisions; 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 — **156–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-15** House Hopper
- **2017-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 555 `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/d0e5ac99-e4ef-4d62-a096-08d25ef0b52f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).