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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mental health; criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; provide"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1097"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1097 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)", "HANDICAPPED PERSONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Petrea", "Katie Dempsey", "Mike Cameron", "Scott Hilton", "Steven Sainz"]
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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: "2026-01-29"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc83e304-7e36-441b-9348-430aff44d798"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0f71189b7bd69e535b22ee453c4368f0e460b62aa8b1fb6fecfd71553f3e7dad"
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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 1097 (2025_26) — Mental health; criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; provide
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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.
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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 1097/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247872.pdf)
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2. **LC 62 0311/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240933.pdf)
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3. **LC 62 0404S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244390.pdf)
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4. **LC 62 0404S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242993.pdf)
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5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 52 1089S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246172.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #775 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #780 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–2** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #579 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
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- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
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- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-27** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 444 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/bc83e304-7e36-441b-9348-430aff44d798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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