Insurance; increase amount of monetary penalties authorized to impose for certain violations of the Georgia Insurance Code
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to increase the amount of monetary penalties the Commissioner of Insurance is authorized to impose for violations of the Georgia Insurance Code relative to mental health parity, general enforcement authority, surprise billing, and prepaid legal services plans; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2026
Last action Mar 3, 2026
Floor votes · House Feb 26, 2026
How they voted
150–1
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 156
Feb 26, 2026
D
Democratic65
95% Yea
R
Republican91
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 3, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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