Mental Health; authorizing licensed professional counselor to perform certain acts; revise sunset prov.; repeal in its entirety June 30, 2018
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act relating to mental health and authorizing a licensed professional counselor to perform certain acts, Act No. 546, approved April 21, 2014 (Ga L. 2014, p. 347), so as to revise a sunset provision; to provide for an effective date; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2015
Committee Review
Feb 2015
Senate Passage
Feb 2015
House Passage
Feb 2015
Signed into Law
Mar 2015
Introduced Jan 26, 2015
Signed Mar 10, 2015
Floor votes · Senate Feb 9, 2015
How they voted
20–16
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Feb 9, 2015
D
Democratic12
75% Nay
R
Republican25
68% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Mar 10, 2015
Signed into law
Act 8
upper
Mar 10, 2015
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Feb 25, 2015
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Feb 19, 2015
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 9, 2015
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 2, 2015
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Jan 27, 2015
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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