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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; allow for certain officials to be represented by a delegate or agent"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to the administration of mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive diseases, and other disability services, so as to allow for certain officials on the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council to be represented by a delegate or agent; to amend Article 10 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to social services relative to children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, so as to repeal a provision relating to the submission of an annual report by the commissioner of behavioral health and developmental disabilities; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 1344"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1344 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Katie Dempsey", "Lee Hawkins", "Sharon Cooper", "Teri Anulewicz"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-02-20"
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last_action: "2024-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88a18abc-63ea-415e-93d9-41214636bddb"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "38135b6960c7c0b27fc75e5e9f4d3bf4016527497a14153c18824e4d9a37c61e"
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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 1344 (2023_24) — Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; allow for certain officials to be represented by a delegate or agent
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to the administration of mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive diseases, and other disability services, so as to allow for certain officials on the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council to be represented by a delegate or agent; to amend Article 10 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to social services relative to children and adolescents with severe emotional problems, so as to repeal a provision relating to the submission of an annual report by the commissioner of behavioral health and developmental disabilities; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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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1. **HB 1344/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229104.pdf)
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2. **LC 52 0494/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224679.pdf)
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3. **LC 52 0514S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226072.pdf)
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4. **LC 52 0514S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225426.pdf)
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5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 36 5847S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227088.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #708 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #601 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–1** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #781 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-20** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Act 412 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** 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/88a18abc-63ea-415e-93d9-41214636bddb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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