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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Department of; Office of the Safety Fire Commissioner; update practices"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 25 and 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fire protection and safety and insurance, respectively, so as to update the practices of the Department of Insurance and the office of the Safety Fire Commissioner; to provide for the off-duty use of motor vehicles by certain law enforcement officers; to repeal a life insurance reserves requirement for small companies for accreditation purposes; to allow for the continuation of coverage of a developmentally disabled or physically disabled dependent child under certain policies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 984"
citation: "Georgia HB 984 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "Eddie Lumsden", "Joseph Gullett", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Steve Tarvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e6f5e28-7772-480e-8aa5-3995a59d0f3f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "52787e716f99300244fc860ef7426f5554e34cd94378d360f23936c6a219fbd2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 984 (2023_24) — Insurance, Department of; Office of the Safety Fire Commissioner; update practices
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 25 and 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fire protection and safety and insurance, respectively, so as to update the practices of the Department of Insurance and the office of the Safety Fire Commissioner; to provide for the off-duty use of motor vehicles by certain law enforcement officers; to repeal a life insurance reserves requirement for small companies for accreditation purposes; to allow for the continuation of coverage of a developmentally disabled or physically disabled dependent child under certain policies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 984/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229088.pdf)
2. **LC 52 0381/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221416.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 52 0528S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227407.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #466 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #697 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #800 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-22** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 398 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e6f5e28-7772-480e-8aa5-3995a59d0f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).