HB 1429 Georgia House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Courts; juvenile court clerks collect and submit data regarding monetary sanctions assessed for juvenile offenders to the Administrative Office of the Courts; require

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-64 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to collection of information by juvenile court clerks, reporting requirement, and data collection, so as to require that juvenile court clerks collect and submit data regarding monetary sanctions assessed for juvenile offenders to the Administrative Office of the Courts; to provide for reporting requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 24, 2026 Last action Mar 3, 2026

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What changed between versions

LC 48 1778/a → LC 48 1810S/hs · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended by the Judiciary Committee to update data collection requirements for Georgia's juvenile justice system. The changes add new information fields to be collected, update reporting deadlines, and establish a more frequent data upload schedule to improve tracking of juvenile cases.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include additional data elements and more detailed reporting requirements for the Georgia Juvenile Data Exchange.

REQUIREMENT

Added 'Age' and 'Court of jurisdiction' as new data elements that must be collected for each juvenile case.

Updated data submission frequency from an annual report to a minimum weekly upload into the Georgia Juvenile Data Exchange.

Changed the data submission requirement from a general format to one specified by the Administrative Office of the Courts and incorporated into the Georgia Juvenile Data Exchange or successor database.

TIMELINE

Changed the annual data compilation deadline from December 1 to April 15, 2027, with annual reporting thereafter.

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Committee

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Introduced

House Hopper

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors