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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program\" enact; public safety; promote"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to enact the \"Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program\" and to promote public safety and provide for comprehensive criminal background checks for owners, applicants for employment, and employees providing care or owning a personal care home, assisted living community, private home care provider, home health agency, hospice care, nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or an adult day care as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice from liability; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions for the Department of Human Services; to provide for related matters; to provide 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 406"
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citation: "Georgia SB 406 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Butch Miller", "Jesse Stone", "John Kennedy", "Lawrence Walker III", "P. K. Martin IV"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-08"
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last_action: "2019-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c95a629-74ac-4cfd-9b87-0a0e998f3b71"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2b5cebc8d43e45a32536e7d54834653f338fd0d621d20a832b4555b46d19d56c"
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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 406 (2017_18) — "Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program" enact; public safety; promote
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to enact the "Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program" and to promote public safety and provide for comprehensive criminal background checks for owners, applicants for employment, and employees providing care or owning a personal care home, assisted living community, private home care provider, home health agency, hospice care, nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or an adult day care as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice from liability; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions for the Department of Human Services; to provide for related matters; to provide 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-08** Senate Hopper
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- **2018-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-07** Act 420 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-10-01** 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/4c95a629-74ac-4cfd-9b87-0a0e998f3b71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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