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type: "Bill"
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title: "County Boards of Health; operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of health, so as to provide that operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel; to authorize the department to establish health districts; to revise the manner of selection and qualifications of district health directors; to provide for a chief medical officer for a health district under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; 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: "SB 293"
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citation: "Georgia SB 293 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Mike Hodges"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-03-08"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20e64880-8c6f-4aba-be2e-566a5380e8ac"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fffcf843e62983425539bbd986cb4984946ebe1517c349eb5d529c4d0b107a51"
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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 293 (2023_24) — County Boards of Health; operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of health, so as to provide that operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local personnel; to authorize the department to establish health districts; to revise the manner of selection and qualifications of district health directors; to provide for a chief medical officer for a health district under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; 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 33 9364** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217396.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225755.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 52 0434S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223885.pdf)
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4. **Committee sub LC 52 0470S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224674.pdf)
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5. **LC 52 0535S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227558.pdf)
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6. **SB 293/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229594.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #556 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **37–15** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #831 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–5** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #751 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **120–37** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-08** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-20** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-19** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-19** Act 383 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/20e64880-8c6f-4aba-be2e-566a5380e8ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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