2025-2026 Regular Session

SB379

"Georgia Health Insurance Affordability and Consumer Protection Act"; enact

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 require the Department of Insurance to implement a certain insurance affordability program in response to the recent expiration of certain Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act tax credits; to provide for definitions; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health and Human Services
Last status date: January 13, 2026
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: Health and Human Services
Author: Josh McLaurin
Co-sponsors: Nabilah Islam ParkesHarold Jones Kim Jackson Elena Parent Sonya Halpern Nan Orrock Nikki Merritt Randal Mangham RaShaun Kemp Sheikh Rahman Donzella James Sally Harrell Kenya Wicks Gail Davenport Jaha Howard Ed Harbison Freddie Sims Derek Mallow Tonya Anderson David Lucas

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Committee referrals

January 13, 2026 · Senate

Health and Human Services

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

January 13, 2026
Senate Senate Read and Referred
January 12, 2026
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2071972
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB379.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00