republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-158.md

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Bill	"Consumer and Provider Protection Act"; provide certain consumer and provider protections regarding health insurance	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide certain consumer and provider protections regarding health insurance; to provide for definitions; to provide for short titles; to provide for health insurer transparency; to provide for health care providers' right to choose; to provide for health care provider stability; to provide for consumer right to access; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 158	Georgia SB 158 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Dean Burke Greg Kirk Hunter Hill Joshua McKoon	5	17	1	2015-02-23	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/30373f42-b437-41cb-a5d5-ca868747f0d6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e2e81780fd4ecf9d328bcae0776a6b09db0adbbbdd8a6af72fd9f4efa8369fb3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 158 (2015_16) — "Consumer and Provider Protection Act"; provide certain consumer and provider protections regarding health insurance

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide certain consumer and provider protections regarding health insurance; to provide for definitions; to provide for short titles; to provide for health insurer transparency; to provide for health care providers' right to choose; to provide for health care provider stability; to provide for consumer right to access; 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 introduced LC 33 5978ER (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 6433ERS (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 37 2195ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 158/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2015-02-23 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-09 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-16 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 House Postponed
• 2016-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-30 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 407 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30373f42-b437-41cb-a5d5-ca868747f0d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).