---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission; revise the subcommittees"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission, so as to revise the subcommittees; to extend the automatic repeal date; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Georgia SB 233 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Brass"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e759ed05-78ab-4f86-8913-184fbcde7bea"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "49612836a567a8263765500918bc56c740626d36bd18dff5f6834b79f58e1386"
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 233 (2025_26) — Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission; revise the subcommittees

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission, so as to revise the subcommittees; to extend the automatic repeal date; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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/20252026/235506.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 33 9787** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233368.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 33 9804S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234243.pdf)
4. **SB 233/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237924.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #184 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–4** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #321 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Brass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 294 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e759ed05-78ab-4f86-8913-184fbcde7bea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).