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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance, Department of; clarify, streamline, and make transparent the practices of the department"
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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 clarify, streamline, and make transparent the practices of the department of insurance; to provide that property insurance does not include service contracts sold or offered for sale to persons other than consumers; to allow the Commissioner of Insurance to issue a probationary license for a period not longer than 24 months; to allow, at the Commissioner of Insurance's discretion, an applicant whose application has been refused to reapply for a license after one year; to require specific language in public adjuster contracts; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 222"
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citation: "Georgia HB 222 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Eddie Lumsden", "Lee Hawkins", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Steve Tarvin"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-02"
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last_action: "2023-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dedb895e-e380-4189-a3ca-b4050e998fc5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "61f5800d157fadafb42b98910f8e53b0de12d5a58742736a98fc616a52354c49"
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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 222 (2023_24) — Insurance, Department of; clarify, streamline, and make transparent the practices of the department
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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 clarify, streamline, and make transparent the practices of the department of insurance; to provide that property insurance does not include service contracts sold or offered for sale to persons other than consumers; to allow the Commissioner of Insurance to issue a probationary license for a period not longer than 24 months; to allow, at the Commissioner of Insurance's discretion, an applicant whose application has been refused to reapply for a license after one year; to require specific language in public adjuster contracts; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 222/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218950.pdf)
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2. **LC 52 0208/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213599.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #265 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #73 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-02** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** Act 265 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** 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/dedb895e-e380-4189-a3ca-b4050e998fc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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