republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-303.md

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Bill	'Georgia Right to Shop Act'; greater transparency of prices for nonemergency healthcare services; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide for greater transparency of prices for nonemergency health care services; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the disclosure of certain pricing information through insurer websites to allow consumers to compare prices; to provide that insurers may use third parties to comply with such requirements; to provide for certain notice requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 303	Georgia SB 303 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Gloria Butler Greg Dolezal Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Lester Jackson P. K. Martin IV Randy Robertson Renee Unterman Steve Gooch	5	16	1	2020-01-16	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e221ddb7-74e4-460a-9af6-ad4bdb1788df	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ed7443666f9fcf438bb7ca9b61fc4772282835aa0a33a714bcea7c003725e663	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 303 (2019_20) — 'Georgia Right to Shop Act'; greater transparency of prices for nonemergency healthcare services; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide for greater transparency of prices for nonemergency health care services; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the disclosure of certain pricing information through insurer websites to allow consumers to compare prices; to provide that insurers may use third parties to comply with such requirements; to provide for certain notice requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an 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 introduced LC 46 0212 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 46 0256S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 46 0322S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 303/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 Senate Hopper
• 2020-01-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-02-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-19 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-22 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-08-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-08-04 Act 567 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e221ddb7-74e4-460a-9af6-ad4bdb1788df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).