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type: "Bill"
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title: "Department of Behavorial Health and Developmental Disabilities; provide for certification; policies and procedures"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, so as to provide for the certification, rather than licensing, of crisis stabilization units; to provide for policies and procedures; to remove certain provisions relating to the promulgation of rules and regulations; 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: "SB 131"
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citation: "Georgia SB 131 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Brandon Beach", "Bruce Thompson", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Charlie Bethel", "Curt Thompson", "David Shafer", "Dean Burke", "Ellis Black", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Gloria Butler", "Greg Kirk", "Harold Jones II", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "John Wilkinson", "Joshua McKoon", "Lester Jackson", "Michael Williams", "Mike Dugan", "Rick Jeffares", "Ross Tolleson", "Tommie Williams", "Tyler Harper", "William Jackson", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-18"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea409fb4-430e-4186-b440-f7041e5806bf"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "bdf37a2f62aacdca750bf11fb2f5573b4a072afbd600eb88dd8d954d46c0619f"
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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 131 (2015_16) — Department of Behavorial Health and Developmental Disabilities; provide for certification; policies and procedures
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, so as to provide for the certification, rather than licensing, of crisis stabilization units; to provide for policies and procedures; to remove certain provisions relating to the promulgation of rules and regulations; 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 21 3668** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148413.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149999.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 6185S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152079.pdf)
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4. **SB 131/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153722.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Curt Thompson — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
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- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-18** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 179 `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/ea409fb4-430e-4186-b440-f7041e5806bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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