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Bill Private Review Agents; certain decisions with regard to the provision of insurance coverage for healthcare services shall not be based solely on artificial intelligence systems; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 46 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certification of private review agents, so as to provide that certain decisions with regard to the provision of insurance coverage for healthcare services shall not be based solely on artificial intelligence systems, artificial intelligence, or other software tools; to provide for definitions; 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 2025_26 SB 444 Georgia SB 444 (2025_26)
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Ed Harbison
Kay Kirkpatrick
Larry Walker, III
Mike Hodges
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Georgia SB 444 (2025_26) — Private Review Agents; certain decisions with regard to the provision of insurance coverage for healthcare services shall not be based solely on artificial intelligence systems; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 46 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certification of private review agents, so as to provide that certain decisions with regard to the provision of insurance coverage for healthcare services shall not be based solely on artificial intelligence systems, artificial intelligence, or other software tools; to provide for definitions; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  2. As introduced LC 46 1377 (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 46 1522S/hss (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB 444/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #540 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 490 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #821 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 470 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #729 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1660 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ben Watson — primary (person)
  • Ed Harbison — primary (person)
  • Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
  • Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
  • Mike Hodges — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-02 Senate Hopper introduction
  • 2026-02-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2026-02-06 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-09 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2026-02-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2026-02-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2026-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2026-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-19 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2026-03-19 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2026-03-25 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-05 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-05-05 Act 411 executive-signature
  • 2027-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1248098e-c54f-42f3-b0ea-63ece7592128. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).