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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; require"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 39 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to online internet safety, so as to require certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; to require the operators of conversational AI services to take steps to limit certain actions related to minors by such systems; to require operators to provide certain privacy tools to users; to require operators to adopt a protocol for a conversational AI service's response to suicidal ideation or self-harm; to provide for enforcement by the Attorney General; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 540"
+citation: "Georgia SB 540 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)", "MINORS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Brian Strickland", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jason T. Dickerson", "Larry Walker, III", "Marty Harbin", "Shawn Still", "Timothy Bearden"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-19"
+last_action: "2027-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b980e519-67d2-47bf-90e2-6ceaf693c924"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e89e743323f71bb0777c0f41e2bdc9a6b50a0ae4bd1afc8ced09bfde057439aa"
+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 540 (2025_26) — Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; require
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 39 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to online internet safety, so as to require certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; to require the operators of conversational AI services to take steps to limit certain actions related to minors by such systems; to require operators to provide certain privacy tools to users; to require operators to adopt a protocol for a conversational AI service's response to suicidal ideation or self-harm; to provide for enforcement by the Attorney General; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; 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.
+
+1. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245425.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 56 0577** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243336.pdf)
+3. **Committee Sub LC 48 1788S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243914.pdf)
+4. **Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245332.pdf)
+5. **Floor Amend 2 AM 64 0005** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245347.pdf)
+6. **Floor Amend 2A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245348.pdf)
+7. **LC 64 0119S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247424.pdf)
+8. **LC 64 0123S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247521.pdf)
+9. **SB 540/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248169.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #660 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #765 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #857 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
+- Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
+- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
+- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
+- Shawn Still — primary (person)
+- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Tabled
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-03-27** 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 518 `executive-signature`
+- **2027-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b980e519-67d2-47bf-90e2-6ceaf693c924`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+