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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mental Health; the re-creation of community service boards; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for the re-creation of community service boards; to amend Code Section 50-14-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to meetings open to the public, limitation on action to contest agency action, recording, notice of time and place, access to minutes, and teleconferences, so as to revise a provision authorizing community service boards to conduct teleconference meetings under certain circumstances; 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 535"
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citation: "Georgia SB 535 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kay Kirkpatrick"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-19"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/783f35a0-255f-429e-a1ed-2ae58694a9f0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4c5101c11244127858c583233d9d575bdb4dc91bbd90656f97b4224149df3799"
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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 535 (2025_26) — Mental Health; the re-creation of community service boards; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for the re-creation of community service boards; to amend Code Section 50-14-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to meetings open to the public, limitation on action to contest agency action, recording, notice of time and place, access to minutes, and teleconferences, so as to revise a provision authorizing community service boards to conduct teleconference meetings under certain circumstances; 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/20252026/244410.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 33 9872** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243246.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 33 9879S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243600.pdf)
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4. **SB 535/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246158.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #710 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **130–31** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #597 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 By Substitute `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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- **2026-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Act 412 `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/783f35a0-255f-429e-a1ed-2ae58694a9f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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