republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-584.md

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Bill	Health; reassign licensing and oversight of certain treatments and programs from Departments of Community Health to Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 26, 31, and 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, and mental health, respectively, so as to reassign licensing and oversight of drug abuse treatment and education programs, narcotic treatment programs, community living arrangements, and adult residential mental health programs from the Department of Community Health to the Department 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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 584	Georgia HB 584 (2025_26)	bill	FOOD DRUGS AND COSMETICS HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH	enacted	Brian Prince Darlene Taylor Jesse Petrea John LaHood Katie Dempsey Ron Stephens	3	16	3	2025-02-21	2026-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a994fc8e-5df1-4b09-ab8f-506024154e52	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f1cc868490a2d114a046a1f432012f6d6c6bf78802586986f3550c494b595de1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 584 (2025_26) — Health; reassign licensing and oversight of certain treatments and programs from Departments of Community Health to Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 26, 31, and 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, and mental health, respectively, so as to reassign licensing and oversight of drug abuse treatment and education programs, narcotic treatment programs, community living arrangements, and adult residential mental health programs from the Department of Community Health to the Department 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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 584/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 57 0238/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen Ctee Sub LC 57 0270S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #189 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 171–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #338 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #261 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Prince — primary (person)
• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• John LaHood — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-02-21 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Act 44 executive-signature
• 2026-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a994fc8e-5df1-4b09-ab8f-506024154e52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).