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type: "Bill"
title: "'Narcotic Treatment Programs Enforcement Act'"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drug abuse treatment and education programs, so as to provide for regulation of narcotic treatment programs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 88"
citation: "Georgia SB 88 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Brandon Beach", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Ed Harbison", "Frank Ginn", "Hunter Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "John Wilkinson", "Judson Hill", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Michael Williams", "Renee Unterman", "Rick Jeffares", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4592186-d9fd-4ebb-af8f-d811a2be5dac"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d5046a0c025e3dc011c98a9861bf6eafbef39d07369efe047276f15be9b84e54"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 88 (2017_18) — 'Narcotic Treatment Programs Enforcement Act'
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drug abuse treatment and education programs, so as to provide for regulation of narcotic treatment programs; 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.
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **502** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Judson Hill — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
- Michael Williams — primary (person)
- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-26** Senate Hopper
- **2017-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** House Postponed
- **2017-03-22** House Postponed
- **2017-03-24** House Postponed
- **2017-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Act 140 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4592186-d9fd-4ebb-af8f-d811a2be5dac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).