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| Bill | Insurance; discount for property owners who build a new property that better resists tornado, hurricane, or other catastrophic windstorm events; provide | 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 provide for an insurance premium discount or rate reduction for property owners who build a new residential or commercial property or who retrofit an existing residential or commercial property located in this state that better resists tornado, hurricane, or other catastrophic windstorm events; to provide for applicability; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2023_24 | HB 279 | Georgia HB 279 (2023_24) |
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Georgia HB 279 (2023_24) — Insurance; discount for property owners who build a new property that better resists tornado, hurricane, or other catastrophic windstorm events; provide
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 provide for an insurance premium discount or rate reduction for property owners who build a new residential or commercial property or who retrofit an existing residential or commercial property located in this state that better resists tornado, hurricane, or other catastrophic windstorm events; to provide for applicability; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 279/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 52 0197/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen Ctee sub LC 46 0763S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #875 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–1 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #886 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–1 (pass) · lower
- House Vote #55 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 172–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-07 House Hopper
introduction - 2023-02-08 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2023-02-09 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2023-02-14 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-02-21 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2023-02-21 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2023-02-22 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2023-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-20 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2023-03-27 Senate Tabled
- 2024-01-08 Senate Taken from Table
- 2024-01-08 Senate Recommitted
referral-committee - 2024-01-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
- 2024-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
- 2024-03-28 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2024-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2024-04-23 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2024-04-23 Act 476
executive-signature - 2024-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17325546-17e2-454b-aa05-4f82da30b3a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).