Behavioral Health Care Workforce Data Base; expand to include data from licensed health care professionals
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to expand the Behavioral Health Care Workforce Data Base to include data from licensed health care professionals;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Show all 16 actions
Senate Hopper · Feb 12, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 17, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 24, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 25, 2026
Senate Third Read · Feb 26, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted · Feb 26, 2026
House First Readers · Mar 3, 2026
House Second Readers · Mar 4, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 18, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 23, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 23, 2026
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Mar 27, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2026
Act 629 · May 12, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
11
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Hodges, MikeWatson, BenKirkpatrick, KayWalker, III, LarryHarrell, SallyHickman, BillySummers, CardenHufstetler, ChuckHatchett, BoWilliams, RickTownsend, Rick
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-27 · yea 45, nay 2, notVoting 4, excused 5
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-23 · yea 164, nay 1, notVoting 7, excused 8
PASSAGESenate · 2026-02-26 · yea 46, nay 3, notVoting 3, excused 4
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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