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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts; juvenile treatment court divisions; create"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to create juvenile treatment court divisions; to provide alternative adjudication to the traditional judicial system; to provide definitions; to provide for assignment of cases; to provide for planning groups and work plans; to provide for standards; to provide for staffing and expenses; to provide for completion of juvenile treatment court division programs; to provide for records, fees, grants, and donations; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 873"
+citation: "Georgia HB 873 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Burchett", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Reeves", "Rob Leverett", "Stan Gunter", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-08"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/182b8d6b-c17e-43ae-aed3-a79045b20dec"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "c74c16e4bba29a617a895eecf5aed01baf72742782e9ae9185831b0e91f1aa3f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 873 (2023_24) — Courts; juvenile treatment court divisions; create
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to create juvenile treatment court divisions; to provide alternative adjudication to the traditional judicial system; to provide definitions; to provide for assignment of cases; to provide for planning groups and work plans; to provide for standards; to provide for staffing and expenses; to provide for completion of juvenile treatment court division programs; to provide for records, fees, grants, and donations; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 873/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227608.pdf)
+2. **LC 48 0995/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220876.pdf)
+3. **LC 48 1132S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223993.pdf)
+4. **LC 48 1132S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222756.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #472 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **152–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #677 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Burchett — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
+- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
+- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
+- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-08** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-01-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Act 576 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/182b8d6b-c17e-43ae-aed3-a79045b20dec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+