republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-20.md

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Bill	"Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act"; ensure consumer access to quality healthcare by setting adequacy standards for network plans offered by an insurer	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20E of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., the "Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act," so as to ensure consumer access to quality healthcare by setting adequacy standards for network plans offered by an insurer; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 20	Georgia SB 20 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Brian Strickland Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Elena Parent Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Rick Williams Shawn Still Shelly Echols Steve Gooch	4	19	2	2023-01-25	2024-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a395a77c-2df7-4cfc-b763-efa5021f9279	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	947016d99f3b6f4b2f43c38c25a23399879efc47c8acd6f9b7037a5436e6d25d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 20 (2023_24) — "Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act"; ensure consumer access to quality healthcare by setting adequacy standards for network plans offered by an insurer

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20E of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., the "Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act," so as to ensure consumer access to quality healthcare by setting adequacy standards for network plans offered by an insurer; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 52 0206 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 52 0292S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 20/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #164 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #323 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 166–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-25 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-01-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-06 Senate Tabled
• 2023-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
• 2023-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-21 House Postponed
• 2023-03-23 House Postponed
• 2023-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Act 242 executive-signature
• 2024-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a395a77c-2df7-4cfc-b763-efa5021f9279. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).