Mental health; re-creation of community service boards; provide
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to provide for the re-creation of community service boards; to reconstitute the governing boards of community service boards; to provide for conforming changes; to amend Code Section 50-14-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, 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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2026
Last action Mar 6, 2026
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MINOR
The bill underwent a procedural update where the House Committee on Public and Community Health replaced the original text with a committee substitute version. This change formalizes the bill's status as a committee substitute and lists the specific representatives who sponsored it, while retaining the core legislative content.
TECHNICAL
Replaced the committee's introductory statement with a formal header identifying the document as a committee substitute and listing the sponsoring representatives.
Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2026
How they voted
133–2
Passed · 16 other
Total votes 151
Mar 4, 2026
D
Democratic64
79% Yea
R
Republican87
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 6, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Katie Dempsey
RRepublican
P
Matt Hatchett
RRepublican
P
Ron Stephens
RRepublican
P
Sharon Cooper
RRepublican
P
Teddy Reese
DDemocratic
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