republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-402.md

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Bill	Children and Youth; pilot program provision for screenings, clinical evaluations, training for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; establish	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	SB 402	Georgia SB 402 (2025_26)	bill	SOCIAL SERVICES	enacted	Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Brian Strickland Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Drew Echols Jason Anavitarte Jason T. Dickerson Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden	5	16	3	2026-01-15	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/36bb173d-ca5f-40c4-90af-b00cee219563	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b54de7b6ab1ca83678e4f0079c8562f682557d997a642da0b1fd6e7972e168aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 402 (2025_26) — Children and Youth; pilot program provision for screenings, clinical evaluations, training for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; establish

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. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 52 0892 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 48 1693S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1826S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 402/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #524 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #795 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 171–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #943 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-15 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-29 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-02-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-02-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-12 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 491 executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36bb173d-ca5f-40c4-90af-b00cee219563. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).