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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing; revise certain procedures"
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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 revise certain procedures, timelines, and other matters concerning consumer protections against surprise billing; to provide grounds for new violations of unfair claims settlement practices; to provide for payments by insurers; to provide for Commissioner authority; to provide for penalties; to provide for rules and regulations; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 295"
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citation: "Georgia HB 295 (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: ["Deborah Silcox", "Jan Jones", "Karen Bennett", "Lee Hawkins", "Mark Newton", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-08"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3406cf4d-9e49-49e0-ad3b-c2f331b4299f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ad97d2394950ecaeab0e23b91eae1206ba43aa127e9fad288c706919c251c0cd"
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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 295 (2023_24) — Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing; revise certain procedures
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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 revise certain procedures, timelines, and other matters concerning consumer protections against surprise billing; to provide grounds for new violations of unfair claims settlement practices; to provide for payments by insurers; to provide for Commissioner authority; to provide for penalties; to provide for rules and regulations; 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 295/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220437.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 0544/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214054.pdf)
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3. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220358.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #383 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #145 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #384 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Mark Newton — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-08** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-01** House Postponed
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- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-02** Act 223 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/3406cf4d-9e49-49e0-ad3b-c2f331b4299f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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