republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1283.md

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Bill	Family Justice Center Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 19 and Chapter 16 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to family violence and discovery, respectively, so as to authorize the creation of Family Justice Centers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1283	Georgia HB 1283 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE) CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES	enacted	Esther Panitch Leesa Hagan Scott Holcomb Shea Roberts Stan Gunter	7	17	3	2026-02-11	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/30e1e8c1-fc08-41c7-b58d-2dbc0e5804ba	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d3baa49b39fd24e2e9e42fe7c34a68b533c2e3e32d58f5dfe4fed789cfb965dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1283 (2025_26) — Family Justice Center Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 19 and Chapter 16 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to family violence and discovery, respectively, so as to authorize the creation of Family Justice Centers; 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 1283/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 4923/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1779S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1779S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SFA to HB 1283 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 48 0067 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Floor Amend 1A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #834 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #898 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #658 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Esther Panitch — primary (person)
• Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
• Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
• Shea Roberts — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-11 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03 House Postponed
• 2026-03-04 House Postponed
• 2026-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2026-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 719 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30e1e8c1-fc08-41c7-b58d-2dbc0e5804ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).