republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-80.md

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Bill	"Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act"; enact	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 for standards for utilization review; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for applicability; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 80	Georgia SB 80 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Burt Jones Butch Miller Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler David Lucas Dean Burke Ed Harbison Elena Parent Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Harold Jones II John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Lester Jackson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Michael 'Doc' Rhett Michelle Au Mike Dugan Nan Orrock Nikki Merritt Randy Robertson Sally Harrell Tyler Harper	6	18	1	2021-02-02	2022-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c93fced3-b61d-4c94-af50-9b0038220701	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	126c6efde1b4d1d88aca40fef9e419654e85fb3350346f09cec77f217cf39572	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 80 (2021_22) — "Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act"; enact

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 for standards for utilization review; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for applicability; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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 46 0387 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 46 0439 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 46 0475S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 46 0484S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 80/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Michelle Au — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-02 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2021-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-10 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-10 Act 266 executive-signature
• 2022-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c93fced3-b61d-4c94-af50-9b0038220701. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).