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| Bill | Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; require | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 39 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to online internet safety, so as to require certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; to require the operators of conversational AI services to take steps to limit certain actions related to minors by such systems; to require operators to provide certain privacy tools to users; to require operators to adopt a protocol for a conversational AI service's response to suicidal ideation or self-harm; to provide for enforcement by the Attorney General; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | SB 540 | Georgia SB 540 (2025_26) |
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9 | 18 | 3 | 2026-02-19 | 2027-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/b980e519-67d2-47bf-90e2-6ceaf693c924 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | e89e743323f71bb0777c0f41e2bdc9a6b50a0ae4bd1afc8ced09bfde057439aa | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia SB 540 (2025_26) — Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 39 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to online internet safety, so as to require certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; to require the operators of conversational AI services to take steps to limit certain actions related to minors by such systems; to require operators to provide certain privacy tools to users; to require operators to adopt a protocol for a conversational AI service's response to suicidal ideation or self-harm; to provide for enforcement by the Attorney General; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; 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.
- As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- As introduced LC 56 0577 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee Sub LC 48 1788S (committee substitute) — source
- Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
- Floor Amend 2 AM 64 0005 (committee substitute) — source
- Floor Amend 2A (committee substitute) — source
- LC 64 0119S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- LC 64 0123S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
- SB 540/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #660 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #765 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #857 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 44–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-19 Senate Hopper
introduction - 2026-02-20 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-26 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2026-03-06 Senate Tabled
- 2026-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
- 2026-03-06 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2026-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2026-03-09 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2026-03-10 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2026-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-25 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2026-03-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2026-03-27 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 518
executive-signature - 2027-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b980e519-67d2-47bf-90e2-6ceaf693c924. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).