2025-2026 Regular Session
SB8
Courts; arrest warrant requirements when juvenile courts are acting as courts of inquiry; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for arrest warrant requirements when juvenile courts are acting as courts of inquiry; to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
5 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 10, 2025 · Senate
Passage: Senate Vote #28
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
51 yea–1 nay · 3 not voting · 1 absent
March 31, 2025 · House
Passage: House Vote #348
Failed ⭐ Substantive final action
79 yea–87 nay · 6 not voting · 8 absent
March 31, 2025 · House
Reconsider: House Vote #349
Passed
94 yea–74 nay · 6 not voting · 6 absent
March 27, 2026 · House
Passage: House Vote #786
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
115 yea–45 nay · 1 not voting · 15 absent
April 2, 2026 · Senate
Agree To House Substitute As Amended: Senate Vote #964
Failed ⭐ Substantive final action
26 yea–26 nay · 1 not voting · 1 absent
Committee referrals
February 11, 2025 · House
Judiciary Juvenile
January 15, 2025 · Senate
Children and Families
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House House Passed/Adopted By Substitute View roll call
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House House Third Readers
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House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
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House House Withdrawn, Recommitted
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House House Withdrawn, Recommitted
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House House Reconsidered
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House House Third Reading Lost
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House House Third Readers
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House House Second Readers
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House House First Readers
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Senate Senate Passed/Adopted View roll call
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Senate Senate Third Read
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Senate Senate Read Second Time
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Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
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Senate Senate Read and Referred
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Senate Senate Hopper