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type: "Bill"
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title: "Juvenile Code; enact reforms as recommended by Georgia Council on Criminal Justice reforms; provisions"
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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 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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 361"
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citation: "Georgia HB 361 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Chad Nimmer", "Christian Coomer", "Robert Dickey", "Terry Rogers", "Tom Weldon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-17"
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last_action: "2015-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b2ca7f8-1520-4294-86cb-a9a7b768afaa"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0ddb767d4b2e6dcc8e563ab2613185086c70d744a71f7887504142d31ae82ff7"
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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 HB 361 (2015_16) — Juvenile Code; enact reforms as recommended by Georgia Council on Criminal Justice reforms; provisions
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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 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.
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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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1. **HB 361/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153838.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6363-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148195.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6529S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150897.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6529S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150210.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
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- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-17** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 75 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** 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/8b2ca7f8-1520-4294-86cb-a9a7b768afaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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