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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mental health; governing and regulation; change certain terminology and provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to change certain terminology and provisions relating to the governing and regulation of mental health and to the administration of mental health as it relates to regional and local administration and services; to provide for related matters; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 512"
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citation: "Georgia HB 512 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Katie Dempsey", "Rick Jasperse"]
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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: "2015-03-02"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4e45ee1-132c-44db-a400-5e520cffe8d0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "25e519deeb75ac82112909a4850a68d0ff7353c71144742d27492fc3e89cb8af"
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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 HB 512 (2015_16) — Mental health; governing and regulation; change certain terminology and provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to change certain terminology and provisions relating to the governing and regulation of mental health and to the administration of mental health as it relates to regional and local administration and services; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 512/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153477.pdf)
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2. **LC 37 1945ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149588.pdf)
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3. **LC 37 1959ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150861.pdf)
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4. **LC 37 1959ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150154.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-02** House Hopper
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- **2015-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Act 236 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/a4e45ee1-132c-44db-a400-5e520cffe8d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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