republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-349.md

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Bill	Behavorial Health and Developmental, Dept. of; changes to the powers and duties	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for changes to the powers and duties of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 349	Georgia SB 349 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Butch Miller Charlie Bethel Freddie Powell Sims William Jackson	4	15	1	2014-02-03	2014-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/20f5a43f-53cd-4b91-855b-0a7e4300f537	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	271fbf9399b307987bfb2ace8c47679af242ce54eb14a2e3694deb5b523f8fe9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 349 (2013_14) — Behavorial Health and Developmental, Dept. of; changes to the powers and duties

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for changes to the powers and duties of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; 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 introduced LC 1710ER (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 37 1717ERS (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 349/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-03 Senate Hopper
• 2014-02-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-17 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-02-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-02-18 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-19 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-10 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-10 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-16 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-16 Act 538 executive-signature
• 2014-04-16 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20f5a43f-53cd-4b91-855b-0a7e4300f537. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).