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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Back the Badge Act of 2017\""
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description: "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 revise the jurisdiction, definition, and penalties for certain crimes and offenses; to add to the superior court's exclusive original jurisdiction the trial of any child 13 to 17 years of age who is alleged to have committed the offense of aggravated assault or aggravated battery upon a peace officer while the peace officer is engaged in, or on account of the performance of, his or her official duties; to clarify the definition of a class A designated felony act in light of the jurisdictional changes; to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 160"
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citation: "Georgia SB 160 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Butch Miller", "David Shafer", "Greg Kirk", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Michael Williams", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-10"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1499e627-c15f-428b-bb85-ad0aff4e7493"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "233f5ce30df913689cc2c76c1a7250517fb3223433e3ee29a3d2d7f503a7b491"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 160 (2017_18) — "Back the Badge Act of 2017"
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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 revise the jurisdiction, definition, and penalties for certain crimes and offenses; to add to the superior court's exclusive original jurisdiction the trial of any child 13 to 17 years of age who is alleged to have committed the offense of aggravated assault or aggravated battery upon a peace officer while the peace officer is engaged in, or on account of the performance of, his or her official duties; to clarify the definition of a class A designated felony act in light of the jurisdictional changes; to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **40–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-10** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 198 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1499e627-c15f-428b-bb85-ad0aff4e7493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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