republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1344.md

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Bill	Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; allow for certain officials to be represented by a delegate or agent	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to the administration of mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive diseases, and other disability services, so as to allow for certain officials on the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council to be represented by a delegate or agent; to amend Article 10 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to social services relative to children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, so as to repeal a provision relating to the submission of an annual report by the commissioner 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	2023_24	HB 1344	Georgia HB 1344 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Deborah Silcox Katie Dempsey Lee Hawkins Sharon Cooper Teri Anulewicz	5	16	3	2024-02-20	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/88a18abc-63ea-415e-93d9-41214636bddb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	38135b6960c7c0b27fc75e5e9f4d3bf4016527497a14153c18824e4d9a37c61e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1344 (2023_24) — Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; allow for certain officials to be represented by a delegate or agent

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to the administration of mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive diseases, and other disability services, so as to allow for certain officials on the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council to be represented by a delegate or agent; to amend Article 10 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to social services relative to children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, so as to repeal a provision relating to the submission of an annual report by the commissioner 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. HB 1344/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 52 0494/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 52 0514S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 52 0514S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee sub LC 36 5847S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #708 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #601 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 164–1 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #781 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 165–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-20 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 412 executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88a18abc-63ea-415e-93d9-41214636bddb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).