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3.4 KiB
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74 lines
3.4 KiB
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance; insurer's medium of payment of policy or contractual obligations; expand"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general insurance provisions, so as to expand an insurer's medium of payment of policy or contractual obligations from the sole medium of legal tender to include any other method of payment approved by the Commissioner; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 174"
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citation: "Georgia HB 174 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Buzz Brockway", "Eddie Lumsden", "Richard Smith", "Shaw Blackmon"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-01-30"
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last_action: "2017-05-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce8ff692-7f93-4d38-b3bd-87819344a7a1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6f7a3aec38778a811ebc63e9d16cfb73af3a9e279d9855e088c0ebd7abc81c9e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 174 (2017_18) — Insurance; insurer's medium of payment of policy or contractual obligations; expand
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general insurance provisions, so as to expand an insurer's medium of payment of policy or contractual obligations from the sole medium of legal tender to include any other method of payment approved by the Commissioner; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Richard Smith — primary (person)
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- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-30** House Hopper
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- **2017-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-09** Veto V3 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce8ff692-7f93-4d38-b3bd-87819344a7a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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