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HB1283 House Bill
Passed
2026-03-06

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.

Bill Details

State

Georgia

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Chamber

House

Official Source

www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73132

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Sponsors

Esther Panitch (Rep - D)
Stan Gunter (Rep - R)
Leesa Hagan (Rep - R)
Scott Holcomb (Rep - D)
Shea Roberts (Rep - D)
Randy Robertson (Sen - R)

Action History

2026-04-02 H House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
2026-03-31 S Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended
2026-03-31 S Senate Third Read
2026-03-20 S Senate Read Second Time
2026-03-19 S Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2026-03-09 S Senate Read and Referred
2026-03-06 H House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-06 H House Third Readers
2026-03-04 H House Postponed
2026-03-03 H House Postponed
2026-02-24 H House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-02-17 H House Second Readers
2026-02-12 H House First Readers
2026-02-11 H House Hopper

Votes

2026-03-06 Passage: House Vote #658 Yea: 163 Nay: 0
2026-03-31 Passage As Amended: Senate Vote #898 Yea: 48 Nay: 0
2026-04-02 Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #834 Yea: 170 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2026-02-12 H Judiciary Juvenile
2026-03-09 S Public Safety

Amendments

2026-03-31 Floor Amendment
2026-03-31 Floor Amendment
2026-04-01 Floor Amendment

Bill Text Versions

2026-02-12 Introduced
2026-02-24 Comm Sub
2026-03-06 Comm Sub

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