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Bill Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing; revise certain procedures A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to revise certain procedures, timelines, and other matters concerning consumer protections against surprise billing; to provide grounds for new violations of unfair claims settlement practices; to provide for payments by insurers; to provide for Commissioner authority; to provide for penalties; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2023_24 HB 295 Georgia HB 295 (2023_24)
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Jan Jones
Karen Bennett
Lee Hawkins
Mark Newton
Sharon Cooper
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Georgia HB 295 (2023_24) — Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing; revise certain procedures

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to revise certain procedures, timelines, and other matters concerning consumer protections against surprise billing; to provide grounds for new violations of unfair claims settlement practices; to provide for payments by insurers; to provide for Commissioner authority; to provide for penalties; to provide for rules and regulations; 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 295/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 46 0544/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #383 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 520 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #145 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 1650 (pass) · lower
  • House Vote #384 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 1660 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
  • Jan Jones — primary (person)
  • Karen Bennett — primary (person)
  • Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
  • Mark Newton — primary (person)
  • Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-08 House Hopper introduction
  • 2023-02-09 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2023-02-13 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2023-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-01 House Postponed
  • 2023-03-02 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2023-03-02 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2023-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2023-03-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2023-03-27 Senate Tabled
  • 2023-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2023-03-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2023-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
  • 2023-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2023-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-05-02 Act 223 executive-signature
  • 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3406cf4d-9e49-49e0-ad3b-c2f331b4299f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).