---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; automobile or motorcycle policies; expand definition of policy"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile or motorcycle policies, so as to expand the definition of policy to include policies issued by the same insurer; 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 92"
citation: "Georgia HB 92 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn Hugley", "Eddie Lumsden", "Howard Maxwell", "John Carson", "John Meadows"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4d577dc-d2ca-41b3-81f2-474405b396b8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8f103752cbf024a925055e480cf50a773f560d5e03000bff14f2af2456577bf4"
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 92 (2017_18) — Insurance; automobile or motorcycle policies; expand definition of policy

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-24-45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile or motorcycle policies, so as to expand the definition of policy to include policies issued by the same insurer; 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 — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- John Meadows — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** House Hopper
- **2017-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Tabled
- **2017-03-30** Senate Taken from Table
- **2017-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-09** Act 247 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4d577dc-d2ca-41b3-81f2-474405b396b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).