republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-198.md

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Bill	Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission; create	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to governing and regulation of mental health, so as to create the Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for members and officers; to provide for meetings, agendas, quorum, and compensation; to provide for the commission's duties and powers; to provide for consultation with subject matter experts designated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Department of Community Health; to provide for subcommittees; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 198	Georgia SB 198 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Chuck Hufstetler Gloria Butler John Albers Kim Jackson Mike Dugan Sally Harrell Sheikh Rahman	6	19	3	2023-02-15	2024-05-07	openstates	ocd-bill/818a4571-4466-4ef5-8744-937bb4a27843	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	172e7fcff714ecba33873f48bede56aec122b328fe0d7482024540dcf880098c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 198 (2023_24) — Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to governing and regulation of mental health, so as to create the Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for members and officers; to provide for meetings, agendas, quorum, and compensation; to provide for the commission's duties and powers; to provide for consultation with subject matter experts designated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Department of Community Health; to provide for subcommittees; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As introduced LC 54 0202 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 54 0336S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 9725S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 52 0573S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 198/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #816 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #890 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #624 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-02-15 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-06 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Senate Tabled
• 2024-02-29 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-02-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-03-26 House Postponed
• 2024-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-07 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-07 Veto V10 executive-veto

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/818a4571-4466-4ef5-8744-937bb4a27843. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).