republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-293.md

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Bill	County Boards of Health; operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of health, so as to provide that operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel; to authorize the department to establish health districts; to revise the manner of selection and qualifications of district health directors; to provide for a chief medical officer for a health district under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 293	Georgia SB 293 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Matt Brass Mike Hodges	6	18	3	2023-03-08	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/20e64880-8c6f-4aba-be2e-566a5380e8ac	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	fffcf843e62983425539bbd986cb4984946ebe1517c349eb5d529c4d0b107a51	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 293 (2023_24) — County Boards of Health; operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of health, so as to provide that operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel; to authorize the department to establish health districts; to revise the manner of selection and qualifications of district health directors; to provide for a chief medical officer for a health district under certain circumstances; 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 9364 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 52 0434S (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee sub LC 52 0470S (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 52 0535S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 293/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #556 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 37–15 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #831 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–5 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #751 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 120–37 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-08 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-03-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-15 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-19 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-19 Act 383 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20e64880-8c6f-4aba-be2e-566a5380e8ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).