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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health; certain counties to create a county board of health and wellness by ordinance; repeal statute"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of health, so as to repeal a statute relating to the option for certain counties to create a county board of health and wellness by ordinance; to provide for an effective date; to provide for transition to county boards of health; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 885"
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citation: "Georgia HB 885 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beth Beskin", "Betty Price", "Brad Raffensperger", "Jan Jones", "Joe Wilkinson", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-02"
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last_action: "2016-04-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c633d6dd-2304-4f4e-9823-ae3fc7223567"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b53cb1578b756ecbd8b989ff43ec83b29daa8996b8bea5b88e1bcef4e70b344b"
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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 885 (2015_16) — Health; certain counties to create a county board of health and wellness by ordinance; repeal statute
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of health, so as to repeal a statute relating to the option for certain counties to create a county board of health and wellness by ordinance; to provide for an effective date; to provide for transition to county boards of health; 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. **HB 885/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162254.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 6315/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156155.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6577S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159445.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **151–17** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Beth Beskin — primary (person)
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- Betty Price — primary (person)
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- Brad Raffensperger — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-02** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-27** Act 467 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-27** 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/c633d6dd-2304-4f4e-9823-ae3fc7223567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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