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Bill	Courts; juvenile proceedings; substantially revise, supersede, and modernize provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to substantially revise, supersede, and modernize provisions relating to juvenile proceedings and enact comprehensive juvenile justice reforms recommended by the Governor's Special Council on Justice Reform in Georgia; to provide for the Office of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children; to amend Code Section 42-5-52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to classification and separation of inmates generally; to amend Chapter 4A of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Department of Juvenile Justice; to amend the O.C.G.A., so as to conform provisions to the new Chapter 11 of Title 15 and correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 242	Georgia HB 242 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Chad Nimmer Christian Coomer Jay Neal Mary Oliver Matt Hatchett Wendell Willard	5	16	1	2013-02-07	2014-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/cd2a4fb6-2db1-4172-b6d7-273a61a1c5d4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	70a0d9fe0f276047dac41aea79b05e47a1ddc46292ec1c9ab1824353f8ce8f29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 242 (2013_14) — Courts; juvenile proceedings; substantially revise, supersede, and modernize provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to substantially revise, supersede, and modernize provisions relating to juvenile proceedings and enact comprehensive juvenile justice reforms recommended by the Governor's Special Council on Justice Reform in Georgia; to provide for the Office of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children; to amend Code Section 42-5-52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to classification and separation of inmates generally; to amend Chapter 4A of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Department of Juvenile Justice; to amend the O.C.G.A., so as to conform provisions to the new Chapter 11 of Title 15 and correct cross-references; 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. HB 242/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5444ER-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5500ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5500ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 29 5678ERS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 173–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
• Christian Coomer — primary (person)
• Jay Neal — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-07 House Hopper
• 2013-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-02 Act 127 executive-signature
• 2014-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd2a4fb6-2db1-4172-b6d7-273a61a1c5d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).