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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavioral Health Care Workforce Data Base; expand to include data from licensed health care professionals"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to expand the Behavioral Health Care Workforce Data Base to include data from licensed health care professionals; to revise definitions; to rename such data base as the Health Care Workforce Data Base; to provide for conforming changes; 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: "SB 500"
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citation: "Georgia SB 500 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["SOCIAL SERVICES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Billy Hickman", "Bo Hatchett", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Mike Hodges", "Rick Williams", "Sally Harrell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-12"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64d99141-2ae2-4ca2-9889-e0e45c7a5884"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e5528d8098e46390e0b0dfad01786d16ae7e09260480a180bcf9e79550d43b37"
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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 SB 500 (2025_26) — Behavioral Health Care Workforce Data Base; expand to include data from licensed health care professionals
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to expand the Behavioral Health Care Workforce Data Base to include data from licensed health care professionals; to revise definitions; to rename such data base as the Health Care Workforce Data Base; to provide for conforming changes; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244381.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 52 0964** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242494.pdf)
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3. **LC 60 0342S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246272.pdf)
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4. **SB 500/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248133.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #595 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–3** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #749 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #839 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-12** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 629 `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/64d99141-2ae2-4ca2-9889-e0e45c7a5884`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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