GA SB 8

withdrawn

Courts; arrest warrant requirements when juvenile courts are acting as courts of inquiry; provide

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Quick answers

Did GA SB 8 pass?

No. GA SB 8 was withdrawn on 2026-03-27 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2026-03-27): House Passed/Adopted By Substitute

What is GA SB 8 about?

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.

Who sponsors GA SB 8?

Kay Kirkpatrick, Brian Strickland, Bo Hatchett and 3 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 8.

Description

Introduced: 2025-01-14
Latest action: 2026-03-27 — House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-14
Senate Hopper
introduction
2025-01-15
Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee
2025-02-05
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-06
Senate Read Second Time
reading-2
2025-02-10
Senate Third Read
reading-3
2025-02-10
Senate Passed/Adopted
passage
2025-02-11
House First Readers
reading-1
2025-02-12
House Second Readers
reading-2
2025-02-27
House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-31
House Third Readers
reading-3
2025-03-31
House Third Reading Lost
failure,reading-3
2025-03-31
House Reconsidered
2025-03-31
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
referral-committee,withdrawal
2025-04-04
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
referral-committee,withdrawal
2026-03-25
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-27
House Third Readers
reading-3
2026-03-27
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage

Versions

As Introduced LC 57 0179Compare
As passed SenateCompare
Floor Amend 1ACompare
Sen Floor Amend 1BCompare
Floor Amend 1Compare
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Documents

Votes

Senate Vote #28 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-02-10 · pass · 51-1
Member-level votes (54)
- ALBERS: yes
- ANAVITARTE: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- BEACH: yes
- BEARDEN: yes
- BRASS: yes
- BURNS: yes
- COWSERT: yes
- DAVENPORT: yes
- DIXON: yes
- DOLEZAL: yes
- ECHOLS: yes
- ESTEVES: yes
- GINN: other
- GOOCH: yes
- GOODMAN: yes
- HALPERN: yes
- HARBIN: yes
- HARBISON: yes
- HARRELL: yes
- HATCHETT: other
- HICKMAN: yes
- HODGES: yes
- HUFSTETLER: yes
- JACKSON: yes
- JAMES: yes
- JONES: other
- JONES II: yes
- KEMP: yes
- KENNEDY: yes
- KIRKPATRICK: yes
- LUCAS: yes
- MALLOW: yes
- MANGHAM: yes
- MCLAURIN: yes
- MERRITT: yes
- MOORE: no
- ORROCK: yes
- PARENT: yes
- PARKES: yes
- PAYNE: yes
- RAHMAN: yes
- RHETT: yes
- ROBERTSON: yes
- SETZLER: yes
- SIMS: yes
- STILL: yes
- STRICKLAND: yes
- SUMMERS: yes
- TILLERY: other
- WALKER, III: yes
- WATSON: yes
- WICKS: yes
- WILLIAMS: yes
House Vote #348 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-03-31 · fail · 79-87
Member-level votes (165)
- ADESANYA: no
- ADEYINA: no
- ALEXANDER: no
- ANDERSON: yes
- AU: no
- BAKER: other
- BALLARD: yes
- BALLINGER: yes
- BARNES: no
- BARRETT: no
- BARTON: yes
- BAZEMORE: no
- BECKLES: no
- BELL: no
- BENNETT: no
- BERRY: no
- BLACKMON: no
- BONNER: yes
- BUCKNER: no
- BURCHETT: yes
- BURNOUGH: no
- BURNS: other
- BYRD: no
- CAMERON: yes
- CAMP: yes
- CAMPBELL: no
- CANNON: no
- CARPENTER: yes
- CARSON: yes
- CARTER: no
- CHASTAIN: yes
- CHEOKAS: yes
- CLARK: yes
- CLIFTON: yes
- COOPER: yes
- CORBETT: yes
- COX: yes
- CRAWFORD: no
- CROWE: yes
- CUMMINGS: no
- DAVIS: no
- DAWSON: no
- DELOACH: yes
- DEMPSEY: yes
- DICKEY: yes
- DONATUCCI: yes
- DOUGLAS: other
- DRAPER: no
- DRENNER: no
- DUBNIK: yes
- DUNAHOO: no
- EFSTRATION: yes
- EHRHART: yes
- ERWIN: yes
- EVANS: no
- FLEMING: yes
- FLOURNOY: no
- FORD: yes
- FRANKLIN: no
- FRYE: no
- GAINES: yes
- GAMBILL: yes
- GILLIARD: no
- GLAIZE: no
- GREENE: yes
- GRIFFIN: no
- GULLETT: yes
- GUNTER: yes
- HAGAN: yes
- HATCHETT: other
- HAWKINS: yes
- HEFFNER: no
- HENDERSON: no
- HERRING: no
- HILTON: yes
- HITCHENS: no
- HOLCOMB: no
- HOLLAND: no
- HOLLY: no
- HONG: no
- HORNER: no
- HOWARD: yes
- HUDDLESTON: yes
- HUGLEY: no
- HUTCHINSON: other
- JACKSON: other
- JASPERSE: yes
- JENKINS: other
- JONES: no
- KAHAIAN: no
- KELLEY: no
- KENDRICK: no
- LAHOOD: yes
- LEVERETT: yes
- LEWIS-WARD: no
- LIM: no
- LUMSDEN: yes
- LUPTON: no
- MARTIN: yes
- MARTINEZ: yes
- MATHIAK: yes
- MATHIS: yes
- MCCLAIN: no
- MCCOLLUM: yes
- MCDONALD III: yes
- MCQUEEN: other
- MEEKS: yes
- MILLER: no
- MITCHELL: no
- MOMTAHAN: yes
- MOORE: no
- MYLES: no
- NEAL: other
- NEW: yes
- NEWTON: yes
- OKOYE: no
- OLALEYE: no
- OLIVER: no
- O'STEEN: yes
- PANITCH: no
- PARIS: no
- PARK: no
- PARRISH: yes
- PARSONS: yes
- PERSINGER: yes
- PETREA: yes
- POWELL: yes
- PRINCE: no
- REESE: no
- REEVES: yes
- RHODES: yes
- RICE: yes
- RICHARDSON: yes
- RIDLEY: no
- ROBERTS: no
- ROMMAN: no
- SAINZ: no
- SAMPSON: no
- SANCHEZ: no
- SANTOS: no
- SCHOFIELD: no
- SCOGGINS: yes
- SCOTT: no
- SEABAUGH: yes
- SHARPER: no
- SILCOX: yes
- SMITH: no
- STEPHENS: yes
- STINSON: no
- TARVIN: no
- TAYLOR: no
- THOMAS: other
- TOWNSEND: yes
- TRAN: no
- WADE: yes
- WASHBURN: yes
- WERKHEISER: yes
- WESTBROOK: no
- WIEDOWER: other
- WILKERSON: no
- WILLIAMS: no
- WILLIAMS, JR.: yes
- WILLIAMSON: yes
- WILLIS: no
- YEARTA: yes
House Vote #349 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-03-31 · pass · 94-74
Member-level votes (165)
- ADESANYA: no
- ADEYINA: no
- ALEXANDER: no
- ANDERSON: yes
- AU: no
- BAKER: other
- BALLARD: yes
- BALLINGER: yes
- BARNES: no
- BARRETT: yes
- BARTON: yes
- BAZEMORE: no
- BECKLES: no
- BELL: no
- BENNETT: no
- BERRY: no
- BLACKMON: yes
- BONNER: yes
- BUCKNER: no
- BURCHETT: yes
- BURNOUGH: no
- BURNS: other
- BYRD: no
- CAMERON: yes
- CAMP: yes
- CAMPBELL: no
- CANNON: no
- CARPENTER: yes
- CARSON: yes
- CARTER: no
- CHASTAIN: yes
- CHEOKAS: yes
- CLARK: yes
- CLIFTON: yes
- COOPER: yes
- CORBETT: yes
- COX: yes
- CRAWFORD: no
- CROWE: yes
- CUMMINGS: no
- DAVIS: no
- DAWSON: no
- DELOACH: yes
- DEMPSEY: yes
- DICKEY: yes
- DONATUCCI: yes
- DOUGLAS: other
- DRAPER: no
- DRENNER: no
- DUBNIK: yes
- DUNAHOO: yes
- EFSTRATION: yes
- EHRHART: yes
- ERWIN: yes
- EVANS: no
- FLEMING: yes
- FLOURNOY: no
- FORD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- FRYE: no
- GAINES: yes
- GAMBILL: yes
- GILLIARD: no
- GLAIZE: no
- GREENE: yes
- GRIFFIN: no
- GULLETT: yes
- GUNTER: yes
- HAGAN: yes
- HATCHETT: other
- HAWKINS: yes
- HEFFNER: no
- HENDERSON: no
- HERRING: no
- HILTON: yes
- HITCHENS: yes
- HOLCOMB: no
- HOLLAND: no
- HOLLY: no
- HONG: yes
- HORNER: yes
- HOWARD: yes
- HUDDLESTON: yes
- HUGLEY: no
- HUTCHINSON: other
- JACKSON: other
- JASPERSE: yes
- JENKINS: other
- JONES: yes
- KAHAIAN: no
- KELLEY: yes
- KENDRICK: no
- LAHOOD: yes
- LEVERETT: yes
- LEWIS-WARD: no
- LIM: no
- LUMSDEN: yes
- LUPTON: no
- MARTIN: yes
- MARTINEZ: yes
- MATHIAK: yes
- MATHIS: yes
- MCCLAIN: no
- MCCOLLUM: yes
- MCDONALD III: yes
- MCQUEEN: other
- MEEKS: yes
- MILLER: no
- MITCHELL: no
- MOMTAHAN: yes
- MOORE: no
- MYLES: no
- NEAL: other
- NEW: yes
- NEWTON: yes
- OKOYE: no
- OLALEYE: no
- OLIVER: no
- O'STEEN: yes
- PANITCH: no
- PARIS: no
- PARK: no
- PARRISH: yes
- PARSONS: yes
- PERSINGER: yes
- PETREA: yes
- POWELL: yes
- PRINCE: no
- REESE: no
- REEVES: yes
- RHODES: yes
- RICE: yes
- RICHARDSON: yes
- RIDLEY: yes
- ROBERTS: no
- ROMMAN: no
- SAINZ: yes
- SAMPSON: no
- SANCHEZ: no
- SANTOS: no
- SCHOFIELD: no
- SCOGGINS: yes
- SCOTT: no
- SEABAUGH: yes
- SHARPER: no
- SILCOX: yes
- SMITH: yes
- STEPHENS: yes
- STINSON: no
- TARVIN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- THOMAS: yes
- TOWNSEND: yes
- TRAN: no
- WADE: yes
- WASHBURN: yes
- WERKHEISER: yes
- WESTBROOK: no
- WIEDOWER: other
- WILKERSON: no
- WILLIAMS: no
- WILLIAMS, JR.: yes
- WILLIAMSON: yes
- WILLIS: no
- YEARTA: yes
House Vote #786 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2026-03-27 · pass · 115-45
Member-level votes (161)
- ADESANYA: yes
- ADEYINA: no
- ALEXANDER: no
- ALI: no
- ANDERSON: yes
- AU: yes
- BAKER: other
- BALLARD: yes
- BARNES: no
- BARRETT: yes
- BARTON: yes
- BAZEMORE: no
- BECKLES: no
- BELL: other
- BERRY: no
- BLACKMON: yes
- BONNER: yes
- BUCKNER: no
- BURCHETT: yes
- BURNOUGH: no
- BURNS: other
- BYRD: yes
- CAMERON: yes
- CAMP: yes
- CAMPBELL: no
- CANNON: no
- CARPENTER: yes
- CARSON: yes
- CARTER: no
- CHASTAIN: yes
- CHEOKAS: yes
- CLARK: yes
- CLIFTON: yes
- COOPER: yes
- CORBETT: yes
- COX: yes
- CRAWFORD: yes
- CROWE: yes
- CUMMINGS: no
- DAVIS: yes
- DAWSON: yes
- DELOACH: yes
- DEMPSEY: yes
- DICKEY: yes
- DONATUCCI: yes
- DOUGLAS: other
- DRAPER: yes
- DRENNER: no
- DUBNIK: yes
- DUNAHOO: yes
- EFSTRATION: yes
- EHRHART: yes
- ERWIN: yes
- EVANS: no
- FINCHER: yes
- FLEMING: yes
- FLOURNOY: no
- FORD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- FRYE: no
- GAINES: yes
- GAMBILL: yes
- GILLIARD: other
- GISLER: yes
- GLAIZE: no
- GREENE: yes
- GRIFFIN: other
- GULLETT: yes
- GUNTER: yes
- HAGAN: yes
- HATCHETT: yes
- HAWKINS: yes
- HERRING: no
- HILTON: yes
- HITCHENS: yes
- HOLCOMB: yes
- HOLLAND: yes
- HOLLY: no
- HONG: yes
- HORNER: yes
- HOWARD: yes
- HUDDLESTON: yes
- HUGLEY: no
- JACKSON: no
- JASPERSE: yes
- JENKINS: yes
- JONES: yes
- KAHAIAN: yes
- KELLEY: yes
- KENDRICK: yes
- LAHOOD: yes
- LEVERETT: yes
- LEWIS-WARD: other
- LIM: no
- LUMSDEN: yes
- LUPTON: no
- MARTIN: yes
- MARTINEZ: yes
- MATHIAK: yes
- MATHIS: yes
- MCCLAIN: no
- MCCOLLUM: yes
- MCDONALD III: yes
- MCQUEEN: no
- MEEKS: yes
- MILLER: other
- MITCHELL: no
- MOMTAHAN: yes
- MOORE: no
- MYLES: other
- NEAL: yes
- NEW: yes
- NEWTON: yes
- OKOYE: no
- OLALEYE: yes
- OLIVER: yes
- O'STEEN: yes
- PANITCH: yes
- PARIS: no
- PARK: no
- PARRISH: yes
- PARSONS: yes
- PERSINGER: yes
- PETREA: yes
- POWELL: yes
- PRINCE: other
- REESE: other
- REEVES: yes
- RHODES: yes
- RICE: yes
- RICHARDSON: yes
- RIDLEY: yes
- ROBERTS: yes
- ROMMAN: no
- SAINZ: yes
- SAMPSON: no
- SANCHEZ: no
- SANTOS: yes
- SCHOFIELD: no
- SCOGGINS: yes
- SCOTT: no
- SEABAUGH: yes
- SILCOX: yes
- SMITH: yes
- STEPHENS: yes
- STINSON: no
- TARVIN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- THOMAS: yes
- TOWNSEND: yes
- TRAN: yes
- WADE: other
- WASHBURN: yes
- WERKHEISER: yes
- WESTBROOK: other
- WILKERSON: no
- WILLIAMS: yes
- WILLIAMS, JR.: yes
- WILLIAMSON: yes
- WILLIS: no
- YEARTA: yes
Senate Vote #964 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2026-04-02 · fail · 26-26
Member-level votes (52)
- ALBERS: yes
- ANAVITARTE: no
- ANDERSON: yes
- BEARDEN: yes
- BRASS: yes
- BURNS: yes
- COWSERT: yes
- DAVENPORT: no
- DICKERSON: no
- DIXON: yes
- DOLEZAL: yes
- ECHOLS: yes
- GINN: yes
- GOOCH: yes
- GOODMAN: yes
- HALPERN: no
- HARBIN: no
- HARBISON: no
- HARRELL: no
- HATCHETT: yes
- HICKMAN: no
- HODGES: no
- HOWARD: no
- HUFSTETLER: yes
- JACKSON: no
- JAMES: no
- JONES: no
- JONES II: no
- KEMP: no
- KIRKPATRICK: yes
- LUCAS: no
- MALLOW: no
- MANGHAM: no
- MCLAURIN: no
- MCNEEL: yes
- MERRITT: no
- ORROCK: no
- PARENT: no
- PAYNE: yes
- RAHMAN: no
- RHETT: no
- ROBERTSON: yes
- SETZLER: yes
- SIMS: other
- STILL: yes
- STRICKLAND: yes
- SUMMERS: yes
- TILLERY: yes
- WALKER, III: no
- WATSON: yes
- WICKS: other
- WILLIAMS: yes

Related bills

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https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69327

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