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Georgia General Assembly · SB 162 · Senate Date Signed by Governor (Act 408)

Georgia Composite Medical Board; implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; provide

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Became law
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia Composite Medical Board, so as to provide for the board to implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; Read the full text

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2025-2026 regular session

Where it is

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Senate Hopper · Feb 12, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 13, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 26, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Recommitted · Feb 28, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Tabled · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 6, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 11, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 13, 2025
House Withdrawn, Recommitted · Mar 31, 2025
House Withdrawn, Recommitted · Apr 4, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 4, 2026
House Third Readers · Feb 9, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 9, 2026
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Feb 25, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 5, 2026
Act 408 · May 5, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026

The numbers

6
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Hufstetler, ChuckWatson, BenKirkpatrick, KayTillery, BlakeWalker, III, LarryCooper, Sharon

Recorded votes

AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-02-25 · yea 49, nay 0, notVoting 6, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-02-09 · yea 167, nay 0, notVoting 7, excused 6
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 53, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective Date (Jul 1, 2026).