SB 500 — Behavioral Health Care Workforce Data Base; expand to include data from licensed health care professionals
Congress · introduced 2026-05-12
Latest action: 05/12/2026 — Senate Date Signed by Governor
Sponsors
- Mike Hodges (R, GA-3) — sponsor · 2026-05-12
- Ben Watson (R, GA-1) — cosponsor · 2026-05-12
- Kay Kirkpatrick (R, GA-32) — cosponsor · 2026-05-12
- Larry Walker, III (R, GA-20) — cosponsor · 2026-05-12
- Sally Harrell (D, GA-40) — cosponsor · 2026-05-12
- Billy Hickman (R, GA-4) — cosponsor · 2026-05-12
Action timeline
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | Sally Harrell | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-05-12 | Billy Hickman | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-05-12 | Mike Hodges | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-05-12 | Kay Kirkpatrick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-05-12 | Larry Walker, III | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-05-12 | Ben Watson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Hodges (R, state_upper GA-3) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Ben Watson (R, state_upper GA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Billy Hickman (R, state_upper GA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Kay Kirkpatrick (R, state_upper GA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Larry Walker, III (R, state_upper GA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Sally Harrell (D, state_upper GA-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-12 · sponsored by Mike Hodges (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-12 · cosponsored by Billy Hickman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-12 · cosponsored by Sally Harrell (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-12 · cosponsored by Larry Walker, III (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-12 · cosponsored by Kay Kirkpatrick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-12 · cosponsored by Ben Watson (cosponsor) · sponsorship