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| Bill | Mental health; criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to provide for criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; to provide for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to submit fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Georgia Crime Information Center for the purpose of background checks to find disqualifying records; to provide for maintenance of personnel files; to provide for procedures relating to applicants or employees with ineligible determinations; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | HB 1097 | Georgia HB 1097 (2025_26) |
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Georgia HB 1097 (2025_26) — Mental health; criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to provide for criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; to provide for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to submit fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Georgia Crime Information Center for the purpose of background checks to find disqualifying records; to provide for maintenance of personnel files; to provide for procedures relating to applicants or employees with ineligible determinations; to provide for definitions; 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.
- HB 1097/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 62 0311/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 62 0404S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 62 0404S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen Ctee Sub LC 52 1089S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #775 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 44–0 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #780 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 160–2 (pass) · lower
- House Vote #579 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 164–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-29 House Hopper
introduction - 2026-02-02 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2026-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-26 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2026-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2026-03-03 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2026-03-20 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2026-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2026-03-27 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-05-11 Act 444
executive-signature - 2026-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc83e304-7e36-441b-9348-430aff44d798. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).