Mental health; criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; provide
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Became law
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Officially: “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 criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
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 criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; to provide for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to submit fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Georgia Crime Information Center for the purpose of background checks to find disq
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Where it is
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House Hopper · Jan 29, 2026
House First Readers · Feb 2, 2026
House Second Readers · Feb 3, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 18, 2026
House Third Readers · Feb 26, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 26, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 3, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 18, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 19, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 20, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 20, 2026
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Mar 27, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 11, 2026
Act 444 · May 11, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2026-03-27 · yea 160, nay 2, notVoting 7, excused 11
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-20 · yea 44, nay 0, notVoting 5, excused 7
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-02-26 · yea 164, nay 2, notVoting 6, excused 8
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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