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HB 1429: Courts; juvenile court clerks collect and submit data regarding monetary sanctions assessed for juvenile offenders to the Administrative Office of the Courts; require

Comm Sub version, the latest LegiScan holds · Last action March 3, 2026 · Introduced

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The House Committee on Judiciary, Juvenile offers the following substitute to HB 1429:

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.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

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, is amended by adding new subsections to read as follows:

"(e) Each clerk of the juvenile court shall collect the following information for each child in need of services, delinquent child, and child accused of a misdemeanor or felony offense and shall provide to the Administrative Office of the Courts in a form and format specified by the Administrative Office of the Courts and incorporated into the Georgia Juvenile Data Exchange or any such successor database maintained by the Administrative Office of the Courts such information:

(1) Sex;

(2) Age;

(3) Race;

(4) Offense charged;

(5) Location of the offense, including whether the offense occurred in a school safety zone, as such term is defined in Code Section 16-11-127.1;

(6) The name of the referral source, including the name of the school district if the referring source was a school;

(7) Disposition of the case, including any monetary sanctions which may include, but are not limited to, fines, fees, court costs, and restitution;

(8) Sentence imposed, including the type and amount of monetary sanctions such as fines, court costs, and restitution;

(9) Court of jurisdiction; and

(10) The collection status of any monetary sanctions.

(f) All such data elements shall be submitted through a regular scheduled data upload into the Georgia Juvenile Data Exchange at the maximum frequency allowed by local case management system parameters; provided, however, that such upload shall occur no less than once per week. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall compile all data collected pursuant to subsection (e) of this Code section by April 15, 2027, and annually thereafter. The compiled data report shall be made publicly available and incorporated into the Georgia Juvenile Data Exchange."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.