republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-138.md

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Bill	Incorporation of Municipal Corporations; transition of certain services related to newly incorporated municipalities in certain counties; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 31 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to incorporation of municipal corporations, so as to provide for the transition of certain services related to newly incorporated municipalities in certain counties; to provide definitions; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fees and taxes related to insurance, so as to revise provisions related to population data related to newly incorporated municipalities and municipal taxes on life insurance and other insurance companies; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 138	Georgia SB 138 (2025_26)	bill	INSURANCE	enacted	Bill Cowsert Clint Dixon Ed Setzler Jason Anavitarte Shawn Still	5	15	3	2025-02-10	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/d5cd1df8-ad23-445e-9291-210b79c195db	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8ed69b1f84bca258c8e724c74c13c02074e3478612675c7b85facac0ea891118	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 138 (2025_26) — Incorporation of Municipal Corporations; transition of certain services related to newly incorporated municipalities in certain counties; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 31 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to incorporation of municipal corporations, so as to provide for the transition of certain services related to newly incorporated municipalities in certain counties; to provide definitions; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fees and taxes related to insurance, so as to revise provisions related to population data related to newly incorporated municipalities and municipal taxes on life insurance and other insurance companies; to provide for related matters; to provide 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 47 3336 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 47 3385S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 138/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #73 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 32–22 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #276 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 96–69 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #72 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 21–32 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-10 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 289 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5cd1df8-ad23-445e-9291-210b79c195db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).