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Bill Juvenile Code and Domestic Relations; provisions relating to the protection of children; strengthen, clarify and update A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 and Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Juvenile Code and domestic relations, so as to strengthen, clarify, and update provisions relating to the protection of children; to require annual training for juvenile court intake officers; to provide for the consideration of evidence, including hearsay evidence, in certain juvenile proceedings; to revise provisions relative to the Juvenile Code and the reporting of child abuse; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 SB 28 Georgia SB 28 (2021_22)
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Brian Strickland
Chuck Payne
Clint Dixon
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Georgia SB 28 (2021_22) — Juvenile Code and Domestic Relations; provisions relating to the protection of children; strengthen, clarify and update

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 and Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Juvenile Code and domestic relations, so as to strengthen, clarify, and update provisions relating to the protection of children; to require annual training for juvenile court intake officers; to provide for the consideration of evidence, including hearsay evidence, in certain juvenile proceedings; to revise provisions relative to the Juvenile Code and the reporting of child abuse; 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.

  1. As introduced LC 33 8495-EC (committee substitute) — source
  2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 33 8763-ECS/hss (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB 28/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 490 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
  • Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
  • Brian Strickland — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • Clint Dixon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-27 Senate Hopper
  • 2021-01-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2021-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2021-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2021-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2021-03-01 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2021-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2021-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2021-03-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2021-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-05-03 Act 138 executive-signature
  • 2022-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f28baf3-7ec6-4227-86db-837a7ed6ecc2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).