republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2017-18/sb-175.md

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Bill	Juvenile Code; juvenile court proceedings; enact reforms	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 relating to juvenile court proceedings recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to allow juvenile courts to impose certain conditions on parents, guardians, and legal custodians of children who are in need of services, delinquent, or involved in a court's community based risk reduction program; to provide for procedure; to change provisions relating to the detention of a delinquent child who has been determined to be incompetent to proceed in juvenile court proceedings; to provide for professional input as to the detention of a child who has been determined to be incompetent to proceed; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2017_18	SB 175	Georgia SB 175 (2017_18)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Blake Tillery Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Butch Miller Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler David Shafer Elena Parent Fran Millar Frank Ginn Greg Kirk Harold Jones II Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Kennedy John Wilkinson Lawrence Walker III Lindsey Tippins Matt Brass Michael Williams Mike Dugan P. K. Martin IV Rick Jeffares Steve Gooch Tyler Harper	0	15	1	2017-02-14	2017-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/29b8d983-75fc-498e-a215-3e73af97f2bb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	dcde1d5cc93e9d6653680fb40b428b726198d5b33344a514ea29f008c7437163	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 175 (2017_18) — Juvenile Code; juvenile court proceedings; enact reforms

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 relating to juvenile court proceedings recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to allow juvenile courts to impose certain conditions on parents, guardians, and legal custodians of children who are in need of services, delinquent, or involved in a court's community based risk reduction program; to provide for procedure; to change provisions relating to the detention of a delinquent child who has been determined to be incompetent to proceed in juvenile court proceedings; to provide for professional input as to the detention of a child who has been determined to be incompetent to proceed; to provide for related matters; 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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Senate Hopper
• 2017-02-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2017-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2017-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2017-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2017-03-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2017-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2017-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2017-03-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2017-04-03 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-09 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-09 Act 227 executive-signature
• 2017-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29b8d983-75fc-498e-a215-3e73af97f2bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).