---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; add commissioner of veterans service"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 37-2-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council, membership, meetings, and obligations, so as to add the commissioner of veterans service as a member of such council; 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 375"
citation: "Georgia SB 375 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Brian Strickland", "Chuck Payne", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c4259ff-3112-490e-973f-22a283ecffae"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d71e5fc1f586c11f6b83c65a301b5a1ca9a30a022f0b29555f7acd913b59a716"
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 375 (2023_24) — Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; add commissioner of veterans service

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 37-2-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council, membership, meetings, and obligations, so as to add the commissioner of veterans service as a member of such council; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224964.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 46 0748** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221528.pdf)
3. **SB 375/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226517.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #662 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #524 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Kim Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 420 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c4259ff-3112-490e-973f-22a283ecffae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).