---
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).