2023-2024 Regular SessionGeorgia Legislature

HB520: Buildings and housing; tenant selection; revise provisions

Legislative Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to housing authorities generally, so as to revise provisions relating to tenant selection; to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to demurrers, motions, and special pleas and exceptions relative to insanity and mental incompetency, so as to repeal provisions relating to proceedings upon a plea of mental incompetency to stand trial which were deemed unconstitutional and enact new provisions relating to the same subject; to amend Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mental health, so as to provide for the development of state level guidance to standardize terminology relating to serious mental illness; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Bill History

2/21/2023
House Hopper
House of Representatives
2/21/2023
House First Readers
House of Representatives
2/22/2023
House Second Readers
House of Representatives
3/1/2023
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
House of Representatives
3/2/2023
House Third Readers
House of Representatives
3/2/2023
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
House of Representatives
3/6/2023
Senate Read and Referred
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Passage: House Vote #151
3/2/2023
163
Yea
3
Nay
2
Not Voting
10
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(3/2/2023)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Health and Human Services(Senate)
Sine Die

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text3/2/2023108.0 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text3/1/2023103.2 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/21/2023122.9 KB