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type: "Bill"
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title: "'Georgia Right to Shop Act'; greater transparency of prices for nonemergency healthcare services; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide for greater transparency of prices for nonemergency health care services; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the disclosure of certain pricing information through insurer websites to allow consumers to compare prices; to provide that insurers may use third parties to comply with such requirements; to provide for certain notice requirements; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "SB 303"
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citation: "Georgia SB 303 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Gloria Butler", "Greg Dolezal", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lester Jackson", "P. K. Martin IV", "Randy Robertson", "Renee Unterman", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-01-16"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e221ddb7-74e4-460a-9af6-ad4bdb1788df"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ed7443666f9fcf438bb7ca9b61fc4772282835aa0a33a714bcea7c003725e663"
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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 303 (2019_20) — 'Georgia Right to Shop Act'; greater transparency of prices for nonemergency healthcare services; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide for greater transparency of prices for nonemergency health care services; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the disclosure of certain pricing information through insurer websites to allow consumers to compare prices; to provide that insurers may use third parties to comply with such requirements; to provide for certain notice requirements; 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 introduced LC 46 0212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188127.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190970.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 46 0256S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189490.pdf)
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4. **LC 46 0322S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193898.pdf)
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5. **SB 303/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194434.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-16** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-04** Act 567 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/e221ddb7-74e4-460a-9af6-ad4bdb1788df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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