---
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).