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type: "Bill"
title: "Community Health, Department of; adult residential mental health services licensing; extend grace periods"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to adult residential mental health services licensing, so as to extend grace periods applicable to the Department of Community Health, including creation and promulgation of rules and regulations and the issuance of a one-time provisional license; to extend the grace period for adult residential mental health programs to obtain licensure and the time during which they may continue to operate before being deemed an \"unlicensed adult residential mental health program\"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1083"
citation: "Georgia HB 1083 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Todd Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3833e0db-0d26-4321-9b65-1888b3a44926"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "39f813719727fd1450637683bdea3ad2eb0cc3e57bc16aa3a83fec9750d015ed"
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 HB 1083 (2023_24) — Community Health, Department of; adult residential mental health services licensing; extend grace periods
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to adult residential mental health services licensing, so as to extend grace periods applicable to the Department of Community Health, including creation and promulgation of rules and regulations and the issuance of a one-time provisional license; to extend the grace period for adult residential mental health programs to obtain licensure and the time during which they may continue to operate before being deemed an "unlicensed adult residential mental health program"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 1083/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227799.pdf)
2. **LC 54 0304/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222444.pdf)
3. **LC 54 0348S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224014.pdf)
4. **LC 54 0348S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223210.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #701 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #475 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Act 475 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3833e0db-0d26-4321-9b65-1888b3a44926`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).