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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; student loan repayment for mental health and substance use professionals serving in certain capacities; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to provide for student loan repayment for mental health and substance use professionals serving in certain capacities; to provide for definitions; to authorize the board to approve applications; to provide for eligibility requirements; to provide for loan repayment agreements and conditions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for appropriations contingency; 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 480"
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citation: "Georgia SB 480 (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", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Max Burns", "Mike Hodges", "Rick Williams", "Shawn Still", "Shelly Echols"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-09"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc6e988a-e5a3-4de5-af5b-49fb1c5b6c65"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0391f2653ecf993e95edcc1031bcb61fbfb8e4287bc4e09faa6360e20fedacdc"
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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 480 (2023_24) — Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; student loan repayment for mental health and substance use professionals serving in certain capacities; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to provide for student loan repayment for mental health and substance use professionals serving in certain capacities; to provide for definitions; to authorize the board to approve applications; to provide for eligibility requirements; to provide for loan repayment agreements and conditions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for appropriations contingency; 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 9611** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223559.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226237.pdf)
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3. **SB 480/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227788.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #710 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #616 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **44–1** (pass) · upper
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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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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-09** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** 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 381 `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/fc6e988a-e5a3-4de5-af5b-49fb1c5b6c65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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