Georgia House Bill 584

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 1 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-01 - Effective Date 2026-01-01
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 26, 31, and 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, and mental health, respectively, so as to reassign licensing and oversight of drug abuse treatment and education programs, narcotic treatment programs, community living arrangements, and adult residential mental health programs from the Department of Community Health to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Health; reassign licensing and oversight of certain treatments and programs from Departments of Community Health to Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

Rep. Jesse Petrea [R]	Rep. Katie Dempsey [R]	Rep. Darlene Taylor [R]	Rep. Ron Stephens [R]
Rep. John LaHood [R]	Rep. Brian Prince [D]	Sen. Bo Hatchett [R]

2025-03-28 - House - Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #338 (Y: 163 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2025-03-20 - Senate - Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #261 (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-03-04 - House - Passage: House Vote #189 (Y: 171 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-01		Effective Date 2026-01-01
2025-05-01		Act 44
2025-05-01	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2025-04-08	House	House Sent to Governor
2025-03-28	House	House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
2025-03-20	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2025-03-20	Senate	Senate Third Read
2025-03-18	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2025-03-13	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2025-03-06	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2025-03-04	House	House Passed/Adopted
2025-03-04	House	House Third Readers
2025-02-27	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2025-02-26	House	House Second Readers
2025-02-24	House	House First Readers
2025-02-21	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70672
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/233494
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/236011
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238055
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70672#25010
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70672#25255
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70672#25374