republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2017-18/sb-381.md

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Bill	Surplus Line Insurance; nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to surplus line insurance, so as to provide that a nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; to provide a definition; to provide for criteria; to provide for tax assessment; to provide for certain protection exceptions; to provide for financial and solvency requirements; to provide for exemptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2017_18	SB 381	Georgia SB 381 (2017_18)	bill		enacted	Bruce Thompson Butch Miller David Shafer John Albers Lawrence Walker III Marty Harbin Michael Williams P. K. Martin IV	0	15	1	2018-02-01	2018-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c5064581-11cd-4c0c-af4b-e04df0f93c0f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e4eb0000dd639b7e8c5a644d877f6168d18ef277f1a76e3a78dd6ff42a382f06	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 381 (2017_18) — Surplus Line Insurance; nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to surplus line insurance, so as to provide that a nonadmitted insurer domiciled in this state will be deemed a domestic surplus lines insurer if certain criteria are met; to provide a definition; to provide for criteria; to provide for tax assessment; to provide for certain protection exceptions; to provide for financial and solvency requirements; to provide for exemptions; 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 BY SUBSTITUTE — 37–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-01 Senate Hopper
• 2018-02-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2018-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2018-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2018-03-09 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2018-03-15 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2018-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-08 Act 448 executive-signature
• 2018-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5064581-11cd-4c0c-af4b-e04df0f93c0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).