republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-361.md

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Bill	Juvenile Code; enact reforms as recommended by Georgia Council on Criminal Justice reforms; provisions	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 as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform with respect to juveniles; to revise defined terms; to clarify and harmonize statutory language; to clarify transfer criteria; to amend Code Section 17-10-14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to committal of person under 17 convicted of felony, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for prosecuting attorneys to be involved in and prosecute cases wherein a child is alleged to be in need of services; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 361	Georgia HB 361 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Chad Nimmer Christian Coomer Robert Dickey Terry Rogers Tom Weldon	4	17	1	2015-02-17	2015-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/8b2ca7f8-1520-4294-86cb-a9a7b768afaa	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0ddb767d4b2e6dcc8e563ab2613185086c70d744a71f7887504142d31ae82ff7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 361 (2015_16) — Juvenile Code; enact reforms as recommended by Georgia Council on Criminal Justice reforms; provisions

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 as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform with respect to juveniles; to revise defined terms; to clarify and harmonize statutory language; to clarify transfer criteria; to amend Code Section 17-10-14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to committal of person under 17 convicted of felony, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for prosecuting attorneys to be involved in and prosecute cases wherein a child is alleged to be in need of services; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and contingent 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 361/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6363-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6529S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6529S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
• Christian Coomer — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Terry Rogers — primary (person)
• Tom Weldon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-17 House Hopper
• 2015-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Tabled
• 2015-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2015-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 75 executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b2ca7f8-1520-4294-86cb-a9a7b768afaa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).