republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-943.md

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Bill	Social services; establish a pilot program for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to programs and protection for children and youth, so as to establish a pilot program relating to the provision of screenings, clinical evaluations, training, services, and resources for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; to provide for definitions; to provide for the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services to develop and implement such pilot program; to provide for a final report and recommendations; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for automatic repeal; 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	2025_26	HB 943	Georgia HB 943 (2025_26)	bill	HEALTH SOCIAL SERVICES	enacted	Deborah Silcox Kim Schofield Lee Hawkins Lehman Franklin Sharon Cooper	4	14	2	2026-01-12	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/bbd2d451-f08a-4e48-b844-474fbd085df9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	897a9bb54615d3b370ba8f69bf78c2ca34048df2b3998fd496eb107864a0b12f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 943 (2025_26) — Social services; establish a pilot program for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to programs and protection for children and youth, so as to establish a pilot program relating to the provision of screenings, clinical evaluations, training, services, and resources for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; to provide for definitions; to provide for the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services to develop and implement such pilot program; to provide for a final report and recommendations; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for automatic repeal; 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 943/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1741S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1741S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 52 0936/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #896 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #528 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Kim Schofield — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-01-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-12 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 477 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bbd2d451-f08a-4e48-b844-474fbd085df9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).