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80 lines
3.9 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance; allow good will from insurer acquisitions to be treated as an asset"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to allow good will from insurer acquisitions to be treated as an asset; to allow mutual insurers to charge policyholder dividends directly to surplus; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 277"
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citation: "Georgia HB 277 (2019_20)"
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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", "John Carson", "Richard Smith", "Shaw Blackmon"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-12"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1492cc9-7270-40b8-ab69-2f5c42a7f094"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "86cc03a8f7928126defd35303b0b808b1fef117dab6a3c645a6f5496f63f6101"
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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 277 (2019_20) — Insurance; allow good will from insurer acquisitions to be treated as an asset
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to allow good will from insurer acquisitions to be treated as an asset; to allow mutual insurers to charge policyholder dividends directly to surplus; 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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1. **HB 277/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187570.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 0069ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181212.pdf)
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3. **LC 46 0105ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183232.pdf)
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4. **LC 46 0105ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182215.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 46 0144ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184996.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- John Carson — 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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- **2019-02-12** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Act 274 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
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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/d1492cc9-7270-40b8-ab69-2f5c42a7f094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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