republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-873.md

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Bill	Courts; juvenile treatment court divisions; create	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to create juvenile treatment court divisions; to provide alternative adjudication to the traditional judicial system; to provide definitions; to provide for assignment of cases; to provide for planning groups and work plans; to provide for standards; to provide for staffing and expenses; to provide for completion of juvenile treatment court division programs; to provide for records, fees, grants, and donations; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 873	Georgia HB 873 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	James Burchett Mary Oliver Matt Reeves Rob Leverett Stan Gunter Tyler Paul Smith	4	15	2	2024-01-08	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/182b8d6b-c17e-43ae-aed3-a79045b20dec	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c74c16e4bba29a617a895eecf5aed01baf72742782e9ae9185831b0e91f1aa3f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 873 (2023_24) — Courts; juvenile treatment court divisions; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to create juvenile treatment court divisions; to provide alternative adjudication to the traditional judicial system; to provide definitions; to provide for assignment of cases; to provide for planning groups and work plans; to provide for standards; to provide for staffing and expenses; to provide for completion of juvenile treatment court division programs; to provide for records, fees, grants, and donations; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 873/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 0995/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1132S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1132S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #472 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 152–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #677 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James Burchett — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-13 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-07 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 576 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/182b8d6b-c17e-43ae-aed3-a79045b20dec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).