republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-65.md

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Bill	Commissioner of Insurance; general provisions; establishing an advisory committee; provisions; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to authorize the Commissioner of Insurance to take certain actions, including but not limited to promulgating rules, applying for federal moneys, and establishing an advisory committee, to create, implement, or operate a state, federal, or partnership exchange or marketplace; to repeal former exemptions and prohibitions; 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	SB 65	Georgia SB 65 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Colton Moore Derek Mallow Ed Harbison Ed Setzler Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Matt Brass Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Dugan Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Shawn Still Shelly Echols Steve Gooch	3	15	2	2023-02-01	2023-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/5723063e-74d8-41ac-bbdc-0e61168aadac	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5f6962969b0c4e165c9e1d2542f32aa3d68415c2f467e4f57f7a790b44420825	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 65 (2023_24) — Commissioner of Insurance; general provisions; establishing an advisory committee; provisions; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to authorize the Commissioner of Insurance to take certain actions, including but not limited to promulgating rules, applying for federal moneys, and establishing an advisory committee, to create, implement, or operate a state, federal, or partnership exchange or marketplace; to repeal former exemptions and prohibitions; 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. As introduced LC 52 0186- EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 65/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #41 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 32–19 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #273 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 136–33 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Derek Mallow — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-01 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-14 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-14 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-02-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-16 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Act 226 executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5723063e-74d8-41ac-bbdc-0e61168aadac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).