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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 444"
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citation: "Georgia SB 444 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Ed Harbison", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Mike Hodges"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2027-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1248098e-c54f-42f3-b0ea-63ece7592128"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "86065e54cf8d6df9f799487c808459e65d0aefedc0043c64690cb0c844af62aa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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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
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242365.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 46 1377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241022.pdf)
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3. **LC 46 1522S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246263.pdf)
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4. **SB 444/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247655.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #540 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #821 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #729 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Act 411 `executive-signature`
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- **2027-01-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1248098e-c54f-42f3-b0ea-63ece7592128`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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