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type: "Bill"
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title: "Social services; establish a pilot program for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to programs and protection for children and youth, so as to establish a pilot program relating to the provision of screenings, clinical evaluations, training, services, and resources for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; to provide for definitions; to provide for the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services to develop and implement such pilot program; to provide for a final report and recommendations; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for automatic repeal; 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 943"
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citation: "Georgia HB 943 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH", "SOCIAL SERVICES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Kim Schofield", "Lee Hawkins", "Lehman Franklin", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbd2d451-f08a-4e48-b844-474fbd085df9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "897a9bb54615d3b370ba8f69bf78c2ca34048df2b3998fd496eb107864a0b12f"
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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 943 (2025_26) — Social services; establish a pilot program for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to programs and protection for children and youth, so as to establish a pilot program relating to the provision of screenings, clinical evaluations, training, services, and resources for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; to provide for definitions; to provide for the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services to develop and implement such pilot program; to provide for a final report and recommendations; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for automatic repeal; 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 943/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248540.pdf)
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2. **LC 48 1741S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243102.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 1741S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242461.pdf)
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4. **LC 52 0936/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239644.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #896 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #528 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Kim Schofield — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-07** 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 477 `executive-signature`
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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/bbd2d451-f08a-4e48-b844-474fbd085df9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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