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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; reassign licensing and oversight of certain treatments and programs from Departments of Community Health to Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities"
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description: "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."
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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 584"
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citation: "Georgia HB 584 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["FOOD", "DRUGS", "AND COSMETICS", "HEALTH", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Prince", "Darlene Taylor", "Jesse Petrea", "John LaHood", "Katie Dempsey", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2026-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a994fc8e-5df1-4b09-ab8f-506024154e52"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f1cc868490a2d114a046a1f432012f6d6c6bf78802586986f3550c494b595de1"
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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 584 (2025_26) — Health; reassign licensing and oversight of certain treatments and programs from Departments of Community Health to Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
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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.
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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 584/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238055.pdf)
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2. **LC 57 0238/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233494.pdf)
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3. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 57 0270S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236011.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #189 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #338 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #261 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
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- John LaHood — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-01** Act 44 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-01-01** 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/a994fc8e-5df1-4b09-ab8f-506024154e52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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