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| Bill | Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing; revise certain procedures | 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. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2023_24 | HB 295 | Georgia HB 295 (2023_24) |
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Georgia HB 295 (2023_24) — Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing; revise certain procedures
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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 295/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 46 0544/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #383 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #145 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower
- House Vote #384 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-08 House Hopper
introduction - 2023-02-09 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2023-02-13 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2023-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-01 House Postponed
- 2023-03-02 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2023-03-02 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2023-03-06 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2023-03-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-23 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2023-03-27 Senate Tabled
- 2023-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
- 2023-03-29 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2023-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended
passage - 2023-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2023-04-06 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-02 Act 223
executive-signature - 2023-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3406cf4d-9e49-49e0-ad3b-c2f331b4299f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).