republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-403.md

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Bill	"Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to enact the "Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 403	Georgia SB 403 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Burt Jones Butch Miller Carden Summers Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Donzella James Frank Ginn Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Greg Dolezal Harold Jones II Horacena Tate Jason Anavitarte Jeff Mullis Jennifer Jordan John Albers John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Michelle Au Mike Dugan Nan Orrock Nikki Merritt Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sally Harrell Steve Gooch Valencia Seay	6	18	1	2022-01-27	2022-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/be6c3202-2720-4e60-8af3-b014683f69c5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a2f5e361fe1be66da3d5855948dceccf0ecd45d20bde2f83d9458c6d5fa107bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 403 (2021_22) — "Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to enact the "Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act"; 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 33 8931 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 9007S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 33 2000 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 33 9112S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 403/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Horacena Tate — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Michelle Au — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-27 Senate Hopper
• 2022-02-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2022-02-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2022-02-15 Senate Tabled
• 2022-03-03 Senate Taken from Table
• 2022-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-30 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-30 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-04-01 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-09 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-09 Act 857 executive-signature
• 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be6c3202-2720-4e60-8af3-b014683f69c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).