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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission; create"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to governing and regulation of mental health, so as to create the Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for members and officers; to provide for meetings, agendas, quorum, and compensation; to provide for the commission's duties and powers; to provide for consultation with subject matter experts designated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Department of Community Health; to provide for subcommittees; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "SB 198"
+citation: "Georgia SB 198 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Gloria Butler", "John Albers", "Kim Jackson", "Mike Dugan", "Sally Harrell", "Sheikh Rahman"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2024-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/818a4571-4466-4ef5-8744-937bb4a27843"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "172e7fcff714ecba33873f48bede56aec122b328fe0d7482024540dcf880098c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 198 (2023_24) — Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission; create
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to governing and regulation of mental health, so as to create the Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for members and officers; to provide for meetings, agendas, quorum, and compensation; to provide for the commission's duties and powers; to provide for consultation with subject matter experts designated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Department of Community Health; to provide for subcommittees; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 54 0202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214913.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226252.pdf)
+3. **Committee Sub LC 54 0336S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222691.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 9725S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228126.pdf)
+5. **LC 52 0573S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228716.pdf)
+6. **SB 198/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229576.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #816 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #890 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #624 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
+- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
+- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
+- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-29** Senate Tabled
+- **2024-02-29** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2024-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-26** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2024-03-26** House Postponed
+- **2024-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-07** Veto V10 `executive-veto`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/818a4571-4466-4ef5-8744-937bb4a27843`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+