Georgia Senate Bill 175 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on May 9 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Juvenile Code, so as to enact reforms relating to juvenile court proceedings recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to allow juvenile courts to impose certain conditions on parents, guardians, and legal custodians of children who are in need of services, delinquent, or involved in a court's community based risk reduction program; to provide for procedure; to change provisions relating to the detention of a delinquent child who has been determined to be incompetent to proceed in juvenile court proceedings; to provide for professional input as to the detention of a child who has been determined to be incompetent to proceed; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Juvenile Code; juvenile court proceedings; enact reforms

Sen. John Kennedy [R]	Sen. Butch Miller [R]	Sen. P.K. Martin [R]	Sen. Larry Walker [R]
Sen. David Shafer [R]	Sen. Michael Dugan [R]	Rep. Chuck Efstration [R]

2017-03-24 - House - House Vote #315 (Y: 155 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 21) [PASS]
2017-03-01 - Senate - Senate Vote #119 (Y: 53 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-01		Effective Date
2017-05-09		Act 227
2017-05-09	Senate	Senate Date Signed by Governor
2017-04-03	Senate	Senate Sent to Governor
2017-03-24	House	House Passed/Adopted
2017-03-24	House	House Third Readers
2017-03-16	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2017-03-06	House	House Second Readers
2017-03-03	House	House First Readers
2017-03-01	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2017-03-01	Senate	Senate Third Read
2017-02-27	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2017-02-24	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2017-02-15	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2017-02-14	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50591
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/165317
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/167230
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/169683
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50591#14993
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50591#15240