Georgia House Bill 228 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on May 4 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to reorganize and reestablish various state health and human services agencies; to establish the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Behavioral Health; to reassign various functions of the Department of Community Health and the Department of Human Resources to the new agencies; to provide for transition to the new agencies; to create a new board for each agency and to abolish the Board of Community Health and the Board of Human Resources; to establish the position of State Health Officer; to establish the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; to amend various titles for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

State health and human services agencies; reorganize and reestablish; provisions

Rep. Mark Butler [R]	Rep. Jim Cole [R]	Rep. Patricia Gardner [D]	Rep. Benjie Harbin [R]
Rep. Jerry Keen [R]	Rep. Mary Oliver [D]	Sen. Renee Unterman [R]

2009-04-03 - House - House Vote #480 - Adopt Ccr (Y: 130 N: 27 NV: 15 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2009-04-03 - Senate - Senate Vote #411 - Adopt Conference Committee Report (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2009-03-23 - Senate - Senate Vote #243 - Passage By Substitute (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2009-03-10 - House - House Vote #190 - Pass (Y: 147 N: 12 NV: 7 Abs: 14) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-01		Effective Date
2009-05-04		Act 102
2009-05-04		House Date Signed by Governor
2009-04-15		House Sent to Governor
2009-04-03		House Conference Committee Report Adopted
2009-04-03		Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
2009-03-26		Senate Conference Committee Appointed
2009-03-26		House Conference Committee Appointed
2009-03-26		House Insists
2009-03-26		Senate Insists
2009-03-25		House Disagrees Senate Amend/Sub
2009-03-23		Senate Transmits House
2009-03-23		Senate Passed/Adopted
2009-03-23		Senate Third Read
2009-03-20		Senate Read Second Time
2009-03-19		Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2009-03-12		Senate Read and Referred
2009-03-10		House Passed/Adopted
2009-03-10		House Third Readers
2009-03-05		House Committee Favorably Reported
2009-02-02		House Second Readers
2009-01-30		House First Readers

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/26440
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/hb228_LC_33_2838_EC_a_2.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/hb228_LC_33_3066S_hs_4.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/hb228_LC_33_3066S_hcs_5.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/hb228_Sen_ctee_sub_LC_33_3180S_9.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/hb228_LC_33_3252S_CCR_11.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/hb228_HB_228_AP_12.htm
Roll Call	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/votes/hv0190.htm
Roll Call	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/votes/sv0243.htm
Roll Call	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/votes/sv0411.htm
Roll Call	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/votes/hv0480.htm