---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint Study Committee on Mental Health and School Violence; create"
description: "A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on Mental Health and School Violence; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HR 502"
citation: "Georgia HR 502 (2013_14)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna Sheldon", "Edward Lindsey", "Jan Jones", "Kevin Tanner", "Larry O`Neal", "Stacey Abrams"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-25"
last_action: "2013-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f3f67f5-43ef-43e6-aab5-d10ded380714"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "39604ce07c4c52587a17343473cd231592b1e05cd878c9f18c6589e04ad709c0"
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 HR 502 (2013_14) — Joint Study Committee on Mental Health and School Violence; create

A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on Mental Health and School Violence; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HR 502/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136982.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6627/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132329.pdf)
3. **LC 37 1580S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133432.pdf)
4. **LC 37 1580S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132750.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 6744S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134413.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **175–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donna Sheldon — primary (person)
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Larry O`Neal — primary (person)
- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-25** House Hopper
- **2013-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Act 314 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f3f67f5-43ef-43e6-aab5-d10ded380714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).