republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-131.md

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Bill	Department of Behavorial Health and Developmental Disabilities; provide for certification; policies and procedures	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, so as to provide for the certification, rather than licensing, of crisis stabilization units; to provide for policies and procedures; to remove certain provisions relating to the promulgation of rules and regulations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 131	Georgia SB 131 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Charlie Bethel Curt Thompson David Shafer Dean Burke Ellis Black Freddie Powell Sims Gloria Butler Greg Kirk Harold Jones II Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Kennedy John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Lester Jackson Michael Williams Mike Dugan Rick Jeffares Ross Tolleson Tommie Williams Tyler Harper William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	4	16	1	2015-02-18	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ea409fb4-430e-4186-b440-f7041e5806bf	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bdf37a2f62aacdca750bf11fb2f5573b4a072afbd600eb88dd8d954d46c0619f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 131 (2015_16) — Department of Behavorial Health and Developmental Disabilities; provide for certification; policies and procedures

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, so as to provide for the certification, rather than licensing, of crisis stabilization units; to provide for policies and procedures; to remove certain provisions relating to the promulgation of rules and regulations; 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 21 3668 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 6185S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 131/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-18 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-03 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-08 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 179 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea409fb4-430e-4186-b440-f7041e5806bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).