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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Physicians; limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice relative to physicians, so as to provide for limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; to provide for definitions; to provide for qualifications and conditions; to provide for penalties, license sanctions, and enforcement; to provide for one or more medical directors; to provide for annual reports; to provide for rules, regulations and procedures; to provide for conditional automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 427"
+citation: "Georgia SB 427 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bo Hatchett", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Ed Setzler", "Jason Anavitarte", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson", "Marty Harbin", "Matt Brass", "Nan Orrock", "Randy Robertson", "Sally Harrell", "Sonya Halpern"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0fce21f-014c-4c10-a756-6bfee84e8187"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "08efcc25059962e15fd9c65c5a1b48667f113ddb8e2cd8cef04aac1c54a50841"
+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 SB 427 (2025_26) — Physicians; limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice relative to physicians, so as to provide for limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; to provide for definitions; to provide for qualifications and conditions; to provide for penalties, license sanctions, and enforcement; to provide for one or more medical directors; to provide for annual reports; to provide for rules, regulations and procedures; to provide for conditional automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243548.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 52 0940** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240436.pdf)
+3. **Committee Sub LC 52 1007S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241593.pdf)
+4. **Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243428.pdf)
+5. **LC 46 1510S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245617.pdf)
+6. **SB 427/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247108.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #565 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–3** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #797 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–4** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #720 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
+- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
+- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
+- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
+- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
+- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Act 509 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0fce21f-014c-4c10-a756-6bfee84e8187`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+