--- title: SR 136. Georgia Addiction Counselors Association; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sr136 cite_as: SR 136, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr136 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr136.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr136/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69987 date: 2025-02-06 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Georgia Addiction Counselors Association; commend ## Text Senate Resolution 136 By: Senators Hodges of the 3rd, Still of the 48th, Williams of the 25th, Payne of the 54th, Hickman of the 4th and others A RESOLUTION Commending the contributions of the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association and its commitment to delivering evidence-based practices to individuals with substance use disorders through recognized standards of education, training, and competencies as it celebrates 45 years of service to Georgia; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the addiction professional workforce represents more than 1,500 counselors, educators, and other addiction-focused health care professionals; and WHEREAS, addiction professionals specialize in prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery support, and education; and WHEREAS, addiction professionals work across a wide variety of settings, including outpatient care centers, mental health and substance use disorder facilities, general medicine and surgical hospitals, psychiatric and substance use disorder hospitals, private practices, clinics, prisons, probation agencies, juvenile detention facilities, halfway houses, detoxification centers, and more; and WHEREAS, addiction professionals address the full range of substance use disorders in communities across the treatment and recovery continuum, including responding to the current opioid crisis; and WHEREAS, the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association provides evidence-based care for substance use disorders, training, and competencies for delivering quality care while saving lives, restoring families, and strengthening communities across Georgia. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body congratulate the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association for 45 years of service to the people of Georgia and commend its leadership in service to all those across Georgia seeking recovery from addiction. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Senate resolution honors the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association for 45 years of providing addiction treatment training and support across Georgia, with no changes to state law. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution passed by the Georgia Senate rather than a bill that changes state law. It recognizes the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association, an organization representing more than 1,500 addiction counselors, educators, and health care professionals across Georgia, on the occasion of its 45th anniversary. The resolution describes the wide range of settings where addiction professionals work, including hospitals, clinics, prisons, probation agencies, and detoxification centers, and notes their role in responding to the opioid crisis. The Senate formally congratulates the association and directs the Secretary of the Senate to provide a copy of the resolution to the organization. It creates no new requirements, funding, or penalties. ### What it does - Formally commends the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association for 45 years of service to Georgia. - Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the association. - Creates no new legal requirements, funding, or changes to Georgia law. ### Who it affects The Georgia Addiction Counselors Association and its more than 1,500 member counselors, educators, and addiction health care professionals who work in hospitals, clinics, prisons, probation agencies, and treatment centers across Georgia. ### Why it matters The resolution carries symbolic rather than legal weight. It publicly recognizes the role addiction counselors play in treating substance use disorders and responding to the opioid crisis, but it does not alter funding, licensing, or practice standards for the profession. ### Key provisions - The resolution's preamble describes the addiction counseling workforce and the settings in which they work, from hospitals to juvenile detention facilities. - The resolving clause formally congratulates the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association for 45 years of service. - A further resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy available to the association. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-02-06) - Last action: Senate Read and Adopted (2025-02-06) - Sponsors: Mike Hodges, Shawn Still, Ricky Williams, Chuck Payne, Billy Hickman, Drew Echols, Timothy Bearden - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69987 > The history, votes, and amendments (94 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr136.md?full=1