---
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).