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type: "Bill"
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title: "Life Insurance; a policy of group life insurance from excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; prohibit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to life insurance, so as to prohibit a policy of group life insurance from excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; 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: "SB 109"
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citation: "Georgia SB 109 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Brandon Beach", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "David Lucas", "Donzella James", "Ed Harbison", "Elena Parent", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Gail Davenport", "Harold Jones II", "John Albers", "Josh McLaurin", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kenya Wicks", "Kim Jackson", "Larry Walker, III", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Nabilah Parkes", "Nan Orrock", "Nikki Merritt", "RaShaun Kemp", "Randal Mangham", "Randy Robertson", "Russ Goodman", "Sally Harrell", "Sam Watson", "Sheikh Rahman", "Sonya Halpern", "Tonya Anderson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-05"
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last_action: "2025-06-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a38eb6f-4ee1-4309-acf9-1e56d8317a56"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "803aa45d9825bc274ac68910d61e351b4c0b98d0fd78d943eeba8263834bc40a"
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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 SB 109 (2025_26) — Life Insurance; a policy of group life insurance from excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; prohibit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to life insurance, so as to prohibit a policy of group life insurance from excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235494.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 52 0704** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231423.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 46 1164S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233806.pdf)
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4. **SB 109/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236516.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #285 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #179 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- David Lucas — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Kenya Wicks — primary (person)
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- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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- Nabilah Parkes — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
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- RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
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- Randal Mangham — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-05** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-09** Act 75 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-01** 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/6a38eb6f-4ee1-4309-acf9-1e56d8317a56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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