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Bill Physicians; limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice relative to physicians, so as to provide for limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; to provide for definitions; to provide for qualifications and conditions; to provide for penalties, license sanctions, and enforcement; to provide for one or more medical directors; to provide for annual reports; to provide for rules, regulations and procedures; to provide for conditional automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 SB 427 Georgia SB 427 (2025_26)
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Bo Hatchett
Chuck Hufstetler
Chuck Payne
Ed Setzler
Jason Anavitarte
Kay Kirkpatrick
Kim Jackson
Marty Harbin
Matt Brass
Nan Orrock
Randy Robertson
Sally Harrell
Sonya Halpern
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Georgia SB 427 (2025_26) — Physicians; limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice relative to physicians, so as to provide for limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; to provide for definitions; to provide for qualifications and conditions; to provide for penalties, license sanctions, and enforcement; to provide for one or more medical directors; to provide for annual reports; to provide for rules, regulations and procedures; to provide for conditional automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  2. As introduced LC 52 0940 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee Sub LC 52 1007S (committee substitute) — source
  4. Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0289 (committee substitute) — source
  5. LC 46 1510S/hss (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB 427/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #565 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 453 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #797 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 464 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #720 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1652 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ben Watson — primary (person)
  • Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
  • Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • Ed Setzler — primary (person)
  • Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
  • Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
  • Kim Jackson — primary (person)
  • Marty Harbin — primary (person)
  • Matt Brass — primary (person)
  • Nan Orrock — primary (person)
  • Randy Robertson — primary (person)
  • Sally Harrell — primary (person)
  • Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-27 Senate Hopper introduction
  • 2026-01-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2026-02-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-06 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2026-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2026-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2026-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2026-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2026-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2026-03-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2026-03-23 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 509 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0fce21f-014c-4c10-a756-6bfee84e8187. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).