Bill
SR 311
Creates a time-limited Georgia Senate study committee on recovery residences to examine safety, oversight, and reforms, with a report before Dec 1, 2025.
Note on document contents
- The version text submitted for SR 311 contains two distinct resolutions pasted together:
1. A Georgia Senate resolution creating the “Senate Study Committee on Recovery Residences” (LC 52 0817).
2. An Illinois Senate congratulatory resolution honoring the Polish Museum of America on its 90th anniversary (LRB104 13565 MST 26128 r / SR0311).
- The bill number and sponsors listed (Randy Robertson, Lee Anderson, Blake Tillery, Kay Kirkpatrick, Ben Watson) align with Georgia Senate sponsorship and the recovery-residences study. This summary treats both texts separately and highlights the likely primary legislative effect (the Georgia study committee).
Purpose and intent
- To create a time-limited Senate study committee to examine recovery residences (sober housing) in Georgia: their operations, safety, oversight gaps, best practices, and potential legislative remedies.
Key provisions
- Establishes the “Senate Study Committee on Recovery Residences.”
- Composition: five Georgia state senators appointed by the President of the Senate plus the Commissioner (or designee) of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD). A legislative member is designated chair.
- Scope: study conditions, needs, issues, and problems related to recovery residences and recommend actions or legislation.
- Meetings: called by the chair; may meet as needed.
- Compensation/funding:
- Legislative members receive allowances per O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8; non-legislative state officials/employees receive no committee compensation but may be reimbursed for expenses by their agencies.
- Allowances limited to five days unless extended. Senate appropriations fund committee costs.
- Reporting: chair files any approved report (including proposed legislation) before abolishment; in absence of a report, minutes may be filed.
- Abolishment: committee terminates on December 1, 2025.
Who is affected / potential impact
- Recovery residence operators, residents and families, state health agencies (DBHDD, Department of Community Health), legislators and local regulators.
- The study could lead to recommendations for registration, oversight, safety standards, consumer protections, or funding/oversight changes affecting the estimated ~256 recovery residences in Georgia (and any uncounted facilities).
Purpose
- A ceremonial resolution congratulating the Polish Museum of America on its 90th anniversary and recognizing its collections, history, honors, and cultural contributions.
Key points
- Museum founded October 15, 1935 (Chicago) by the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America; opened to public in 1937.
- Collections include: ~100,000 library titles, ~400 archival collections, ~5,000 photographs, 840 printed music titles, and 5,400 recorded titles.
- Recognitions: Poland’s Ministry of Culture Gold Medal (2016); documents added to UNESCO Memory of the World (2018).
- Notes distinguished visitors and that the museum hosts Illinois’ official Pulaski Day observance since 1987.
- Resolution directs that a copy be presented to the Polish Museum of America.
If you want, I can:
- Extract the exact O.C.G.A. citation language for legislative member allowances.
- Draft potential issues/questions the study committee may consider (registration, minimum standards, inspection authority, funding).
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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