republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-984.md

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Bill	Insurance, Department of; Office of the Safety Fire Commissioner; update practices	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 25 and 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fire protection and safety and insurance, respectively, so as to update the practices of the Department of Insurance and the office of the Safety Fire Commissioner; to provide for the off-duty use of motor vehicles by certain law enforcement officers; to repeal a life insurance reserves requirement for small companies for accreditation purposes; to allow for the continuation of coverage of a developmentally disabled or physically disabled dependent child under certain policies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 984	Georgia HB 984 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Darlene Taylor Eddie Lumsden Joseph Gullett Noel Williams, Jr. Steve Tarvin	3	16	3	2024-01-22	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/1e6f5e28-7772-480e-8aa5-3995a59d0f3f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	52787e716f99300244fc860ef7426f5554e34cd94378d360f23936c6a219fbd2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 984 (2023_24) — Insurance, Department of; Office of the Safety Fire Commissioner; update practices

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 25 and 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fire protection and safety and insurance, respectively, so as to update the practices of the Department of Insurance and the office of the Safety Fire Commissioner; to provide for the off-duty use of motor vehicles by certain law enforcement officers; to repeal a life insurance reserves requirement for small companies for accreditation purposes; to allow for the continuation of coverage of a developmentally disabled or physically disabled dependent child under certain policies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 984/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 52 0381/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen Ctee sub LC 52 0528S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #466 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 158–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #697 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #800 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
• Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
• Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-01-31 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-12 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 398 executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e6f5e28-7772-480e-8aa5-3995a59d0f3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).