---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; allow plan sponsor to consent on behalf of an enrollee to electronic delivery of all communication"
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 allow a plan sponsor of a health benefit plan to consent on behalf of an enrollee to the electronic delivery of all communications related to the plan; to allow the enrollee an opportunity to refuse to agree to receive mailings electronically; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1308"
citation: "Georgia HB 1308 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Matthew Gambill", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Penny Houston", "Todd Jones", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21179e3e-9667-4489-8b4d-54612f1ab69d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7dd07b750f1d511f7a942ae0e32d7a074641e61e57408cc1588fbab59ed2516e"
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 1308 (2021_22) — Insurance; allow plan sponsor to consent on behalf of an enrollee to electronic delivery of all communication

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 allow a plan sponsor of a health benefit plan to consent on behalf of an enrollee to the electronic delivery of all communications related to the plan; to allow the enrollee an opportunity to refuse to agree to receive mailings electronically; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and 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. **HB 1308/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210641.pdf)
2. **LC 52 0046/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206041.pdf)
3. **LC 52 0093S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207822.pdf)
4. **LC 52 0093S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206904.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **161–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** House Hopper
- **2022-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 773 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21179e3e-9667-4489-8b4d-54612f1ab69d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).