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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavorial Health and Developmental, Dept. of; changes to the powers and duties"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for changes to the powers and duties of the Department 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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "SB 349"
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citation: "Georgia SB 349 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Charlie Bethel", "Freddie Powell Sims", "William Jackson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2014-02-03"
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last_action: "2014-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20f5a43f-53cd-4b91-855b-0a7e4300f537"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "271fbf9399b307987bfb2ace8c47679af242ce54eb14a2e3694deb5b523f8fe9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 349 (2013_14) — Behavorial Health and Developmental, Dept. of; changes to the powers and duties
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for changes to the powers and duties of the Department 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 1710ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138757.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139934.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 37 1717ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139607.pdf)
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4. **SB 349/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143113.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-03** Senate Hopper
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- **2014-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-02-17** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-02-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-02-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2014-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-16** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-16** Act 538 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-16** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20f5a43f-53cd-4b91-855b-0a7e4300f537`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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