republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-784.md

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Bill	Insurance; advertising and promotional items not exceeding $100 will not be considered an unfair trade practice; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide that certain insurer advertising and promotional items not exceeding $100.00 in value will not be considered an unfair trade practice or an unlawful inducement; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 784	Georgia HB 784 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Eddie Lumsden Howard Maxwell John Carson	5	16	1	2016-01-20	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/aac9bd8c-691c-4c26-9286-417fe3c39524	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	913e0a17edf893276fff8678fe7f526b282b97361ebe29278d2266ee7cae55b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 784 (2015_16) — Insurance; advertising and promotional items not exceeding $100 will not be considered an unfair trade practice; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide that certain insurer advertising and promotional items not exceeding $100.00 in value will not be considered an unfair trade practice or an unlawful inducement; 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.

1. HB 784/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 3012S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 3012S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 37 2066/a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 37 2205S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 170–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
• John Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-20 House Hopper
• 2016-01-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-22 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 444 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aac9bd8c-691c-4c26-9286-417fe3c39524. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).