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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance, Department of; efficiency in the practices; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to provide for efficiency in the practices of the Department of Insurance; to revise the statutory deposit requirement for foreign insurers; to remove fees for branch licensees; to revise application requirements for a domestic stock and mutual insurer; to remove the publication requirement for application, amendments, and surrenders for such insurer; to remove such publication requirement for charters, consolidations, and mergers of fraternal benefit societies; to revise application requirements for farmers' mutual fire insurance companies; to remove the licensure requirement for agency branches; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 410"
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citation: "Georgia HB 410 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Buddy DeLoach", "Eddie Lumsden"]
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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: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2025-05-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fb23f98-aef5-4388-beda-e95ce0c05947"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "38b71613dfeff7c82e8469947d2c4888affcf90b52ec3a302d3012bec8d4af1b"
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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 410 (2025_26) — Insurance, Department of; efficiency in the practices; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance, so as to provide for efficiency in the practices of the Department of Insurance; to revise the statutory deposit requirement for foreign insurers; to remove fees for branch licensees; to revise application requirements for a domestic stock and mutual insurer; to remove the publication requirement for application, amendments, and surrenders for such insurer; to remove such publication requirement for charters, consolidations, and mergers of fraternal benefit societies; to revise application requirements for farmers' mutual fire insurance companies; to remove the licensure requirement for agency branches; 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 410/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238069.pdf)
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2. **LC 52 9000/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232256.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #329 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #98 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 265 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** 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/3fb23f98-aef5-4388-beda-e95ce0c05947`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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