---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; compensation of juvenile court judges; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile court administration, so as to change provisions relating to compensation of juvenile court judges; to correct a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Georgia HB 5 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Powell", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Mary Oliver", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-11-15"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e26c4189-d1e7-4f5e-9b5a-64b3a551af98"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ae99d0baa80d63cf0c948d516fd4f15e17f990fdc77cf45635adbc8185836951"
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 5 (2017_18) — Courts; compensation of juvenile court judges; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile court administration, so as to change provisions relating to compensation of juvenile court judges; to correct a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **166–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-11-15** House Prefiled `introduction`
- **2017-01-12** House Hopper
- **2017-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-01** Act 38 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e26c4189-d1e7-4f5e-9b5a-64b3a551af98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).