HB 0177 |
Neutral | Required Acknowledgement of Receipt of Report of Child Abuse and Completion of Investigation |
Wilkerson, David 38th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
JuvJ |
H&HS |
- |
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| This legislation requires DFCS to acknowledge in writing to the informant within 24 hours of receiving information about suspected child abuse and the completion of investigation. This legislation specifies that in the absence of a DFCS agency, the law enforcement agency or prosecuting attorney shall acknowledge receipt of report, and the results of any investigation. This legislation should have no impact on the counties with DFCS offices, for those without a DFCS office the responsibility will fall to local law enforcement. |
HB 0263 |
Support | Expansion of Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) to Include an Advisory Board on Juvenile Justice Issues and Planning and Transfer of Licensing of Domestic Violence Shelters to CJCC |
Coomer, Christian 14th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
JuvJ |
JUDYNC |
- |
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| This legislation transfers certain responsibilities for juvenile issues from the Department of Human Services (DHS) to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC). It also creates an advisory board to the CJCC for juvenile justice issues to consist of 33 members appointed by the Governor, that is responsible for creating a three year plan and provide annual reports of progress annually. This legislation was amended to include the transfer of the licensing of domestic violence shelters from DHS to CJCC. This bill will have no fiscal impact on counties, but could create mandates in the future. |
HB 0268 |
Neutral | Change in Procedures for Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse |
Ballinger, Mandi 23rd |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
JuvJ |
JUDYNC |
- |
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| This legislation requires law enforcement officers (and other mandatory reporters of child abuse) to report to the person in charge of a hospital, school, agency or facility, when he or she receives reliable information that child abuse has occurred involving a volunteer or employee that attends to a child pursuant to their duties at a hospital, school, social agency or similar facility. There will be no fiscal impact for counties. |
HB 0310 |
Support | Consolidation of all Parole, Probation and Misdemeanor Probation Supervision Into the Department of Community Supervision |
Powell, Alan 32nd |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
JudyNC |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation creates the Board of Community Supervision to oversee the newly created Department of Community Supervision (DCS) and the Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry. All offender supervision activities will transfer from the Board of Pardons and Parole and the Department of Corrections to the new DCS. This legislation also transfers the County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council, the agency tasked with registration and oversight of private misdemeanor probation providers and governmental misdemeanor probation providers to DCS. The bill also includes requirements for increased transparency and financial reporting by the misdemeanor probation providers to the counties of fine collections, which was an ACCG priority. A county commissioner or manager is included as a mandatory board member for the new department. The Board will adopt rules and regulations governing the management and treatment of probationers and parolees, and the operation of misdemeanor probation supervision. Probation and Parole Offices will combine, some counties currently provide space to these entities, and these offices collect fine revenue from probationers to be processed and sent back to local governments. Misdemeanor probation providers (county and private) will be required to submit an annual report to the county commission that contains the amount of fines and fees collected and the nature of such fees, including probation supervision fees, rehabilitation programming fees, electronic monitoring fees, drug and alcohol detection device fees, substance abuse or mental health evaluation or treatment fees, and drug testing fees; the number of community service hours performed by probationer under supervision; and, a listing of any other service for which a probationer is required to pay to attend. |
HB 0361 |
Support | Criminal Justice Reform Council Recommended Changes to Juvenile Code |
Welch, Andrew 110th |
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5/5/2015 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
JuvJ |
JUDYNC |
- |
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| This legislation changes the juvenile code to include recommendations made by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice. The juvenile code rewrite inadvertently assigned all juvenile traffic cases to juvenile court, which caused a major increase in caseload and the juvenile courts do not have the administrative capability to handle traffic cases. This legislation corrects the statute to transfer jurisdiction for those traffic cases back to other local courts that handle traffic offenses. Additionally this bill authorizes the district attorney to file petitions and prosecute CHINS cases in juvenile courts. County Impact: District Attorney's can now prosecute juvenile cases. |
HB 0507 |
Watch | Child Abuse Registry Requirements |
Oliver, Mary Margaret 82nd |
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3/3/2015 |
House Second Readers |
JuvJ |
- | - |
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| This legislation updates the requirements for inclusion of and access to names on the child abuse registry. |
HB 0669 |
Neutral | Chatham County; provide for compensation of certain officials |
Stephens, Ron 164th |
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5/12/2015 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
IGC |
SLGO |
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HB 0696 |
Watch | Criminal Background Checks Required by DJJ and DBHDD |
Welch, Andrew 110th |
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1/11/2016 |
House Second Readers |
JuvJ |
- | - |
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| This legislation addresses criminal background checks needed for employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. |
HB 0725 |
Watch | Child Abuse Records Protection Act |
Cantrell, Wes 22nd |
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7/1/2016 |
Effective Date |
JuvJ |
H&HS |
- |
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| This legislation changes how records of child abuse and deprivation are accessed. |
HB 0744 |
Watch | Prohibit Sexual Contact Betwen School Personnel and Students |
Chandler, Joyce 105th |
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1/15/2016 |
House Second Readers |
JudyNC |
- | - |
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| This legislation separates the crime of a school official having sex with a student from the crimes of sexual assault by one having supervisory or disciplinary authority.
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HB 0765 |
Support | Allow Retired Individuals to Serve on Local DFCS Boards |
Powell, Jay 171st |
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7/1/2016 |
Effective Date |
GAff |
H&HS |
- |
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| This legislation allows commissioners to appoint active or retired law enforcement officers, emergency responders, pediatric health providers, school personnel, mental health providers, private welfare service providers and faith community leaders to the county family and children services board. |
HB 0779 |
Neutral | Regulation of Drones |
Tanner, Kevin 9th |
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5/3/2016 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
JudyNC |
S&T |
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| Pre-empts counties from adopting a resolution or ordinance to regulate drones, unless a no fly zone approval has been granted by the FAA. Once approval is obtained from the FAA, ordinances regarding the use of drone within the no fly zone are allowed. The bill does allow a county to prohibit take off, recovery, or use of a drone from or on public property, allows the use of drones by local governments for certain purposes, such as law enforcement (with a subpeona), EMS, mapping, emergency management, utilities, rescue, etc. |
HB 0795 |
Neutral | Extends Sunset for Add-On to Traffic Fines to fund Driver's Education (Joshua's Law) |
Epps, Bubber 144th |
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3/15/2016 |
Senate Read Second Time |
MotV |
GvtO |
- |
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| This legislation extends the sunset for the Joshua's Law additional penalty for traffic offenses until June 30, 2019. |
HB 0808 |
Neutral | Creation of a New Judicial Qualifications Commission |
Willard, Wendell 51st |
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1/1/2017 |
Effective Date |
Judy |
ETHICS |
- |
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| This legislation would create a new Judicial Qualifications Commission if the voters approve a statewide referendum to amend the Georgia Constitution proposed by HR 1113.
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HB 0817 |
Evaluating | Mandated Instruction by County Recreation Department on Baseball Dugout Safety |
Sharper, Dexter 177th |
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1/26/2016 |
House Second Readers |
Ed |
- | - |
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| This legislation requires county parks that provide youth baseball to provide baseball dugout safety instruction at the beginning of each baseball season to children playing baseball. |
HB 0845 |
Watch | Immunity from Criminal Liability for Possession of Certain Materials or Images When Reporting a Crime |
Setzler, Ed 35th |
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2/11/2016 |
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
JudyNC |
- | - |
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| This legislation provides the same level of immunity as a law enforcement officer to anyone in possession of obscene materials when they have the obscene images in order to report them to law enforcement or to the Department of Family and Children Services. |
HB 0874 |
Neutral | Street Gang Terrorism Prosecution |
Reeves, Bert 34th |
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5/3/2016 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
JudyNC |
JUDYNC |
- |
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| This legislation changes the crime and prosecution of street gang terrorism. |
HB 0887 |
Watch | Placement of Children in Termination of Parental Rights Cases |
Efstration, Chuck 104th |
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7/1/2016 |
Effective Date |
JuvJ |
H&HS |
- |
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| This legislation changes the placement of child who is removed from their home. |
HB 0905 |
Evaluating | Child Abuse Protocol |
Ballinger, Mandi 23rd |
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7/1/2016 |
Effective Date |
JudyNC |
JUDYNC |
- |
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| This legislation changes the child abuse protocol committees in multi-county judicial circuits.
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HB 1048 |
Neutral | Houston County; Commission on Children and Youth; repeal an Act |
Blackmon, Shaw 146th |
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5/3/2016 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
IGC |
SLGO |
- |
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HB 1073 |
Neutral | Waiver of Counsel Must Be on the Record In Juvenile Court |
Strickland, Brian 111th |
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3/22/2016 |
Senate Tabled |
JuvJ |
S JUDY |
- |
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| This legislation requires that parents or guardians in dependency proceedings may only waive the right to an attorney if the waiver is made knowingly, voluntarily and on the record |
HR 1113 |
Neutral | Judicial Qualifications Commission; create - CA |
Willard, Wendell 51st |
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5/3/2016 |
House Date Signed by Governor |
Judy |
ETHICS |
- |
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This legislation calls for a statewide referendum to consider a change to the Georgia Constitution creating a new Judicial Qualifications Commission.
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SB 0129 |
Negotiating | Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act |
McKoon, Joshua 29th |
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3/11/2015 |
House Second Readers |
Judy |
JUDY |
- |
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| This legislation prohibits the state and local governments from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion (even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability) unless said burden is in furtherance of a compelling government interest and is the least restrictive means of achieving that interest. Those burdened may sue. In court, a prevailing party may recoup its attorney fees from the government. |
SB 0138 |
Neutral | Child Welfare System Reform and Creation of Child Abuse Registry |
Miller, Butch 49th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
Judy |
H&HS |
- |
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This legislation requires county commissioners to appoint pediatric health care providers, school teachers and administrators, emergency responders, law enforcement, juvenile court judges, private child welfare service providers, alumni of the child welfare system, mental health care providers, foster parents, court appointed special advocates, and leaders in the faith community when making appointments to the county Department of Family and Child Services board. It also establishes "abuse investigators," which include law enforcement, district attorneys, and coroners. This bill was amended to include language from HB 507 which creates a child abuse registry.
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SB 0141 |
Watch | Declassification of Minor Weapons Violations in School Zones from Class B Felonies |
Jones, Emanuel 10th |
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4/2/2015 |
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
PS&HS |
JUDY |
- |
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| This legislation provides that minor weapons violations in school safety zones are not considered Class B designated felonies.
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