2025-2026 Regular Session
HB219
Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to authorize the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists to establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; to authorize the Georgia Board of Nursing to establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; to provide for funding or gifts in kind; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 4, 2025 · House
Passage: House Vote #174
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
168 yea–0 nay · 4 not voting · 8 absent
March 12, 2026 · Senate
Passage: Senate Vote #711
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
46 yea–1 nay · 4 not voting · 4 absent
Committee referrals
March 6, 2025 · Senate
Regulated Industries and Utilities
February 4, 2025 · House
Regulated Industries
Instrument history
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State Effective Date 2026-07-01
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State Act 381
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House House Date Signed by Governor
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House House Sent to Governor
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Senate Senate Passed/Adopted View roll call
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Senate Senate Third Read
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Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
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Senate Senate Recommitted
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Senate Senate Taken from Table
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Senate Senate Tabled
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Senate Senate Read Second Time
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Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
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Senate Senate Read and Referred
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House House Passed/Adopted View roll call
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House House Third Readers
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House House Committee Favorably Reported
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House House Second Readers
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House House First Readers
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House House Hopper