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type: "Bill"
title: "Property Insurance; expand the ownership restriction; value of the property covered against loss by fire"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 32 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property insurance, so as to expand the ownership restriction as it relates to the application of the value of the property covered against loss by fire; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "Georgia SB 137 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Thompson", "Burt Jones", "Ed Harbison", "Fran Millar", "Greg Kirk", "Jesse Stone", "John Kennedy", "Joshua McKoon", "Judson Hill", "Marty Harbin", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Mike Dugan", "William Jackson", "William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-19"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d51c4fbb-4346-44d5-bffc-e4e173cd59fb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5d3e7ad06264f2388260a45eb2d57eca66231ac7c767c35fd0e5103b7a170c78"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 137 (2015_16) — Property Insurance; expand the ownership restriction; value of the property covered against loss by fire
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 32 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property insurance, so as to expand the ownership restriction as it relates to the application of the value of the property covered against loss by fire; 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 37 1928** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148610.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155773.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 37 1977S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150509.pdf)
4. **Committee sub LC 37 2079S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155564.pdf)
5. **SB 137/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160382.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **480** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Fran Millar — primary (person)
- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
- Judson Hill — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- William Jackson — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-19** Senate Hopper
- **2015-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-01-11** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-01-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-01-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 365 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d51c4fbb-4346-44d5-bffc-e4e173cd59fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).