2025-2026 Regular Session • Georgia Legislature
HB627: Courts; juvenile proceedings; use of a deadly weapon; revise a provision
Legislative Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to revise a provision relating to the use of a deadly weapon; to provide for additional offenses where the superior court has exclusive jurisdiction in juvenile cases; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Bill History
2/26/2025
House Hopper
House of Representatives
2/27/2025
House First Readers
House of Representatives
2/28/2025
House Second Readers
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
House of Representatives
3/6/2025
House Third Readers
House of Representatives
3/6/2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
House of Representatives
3/10/2025
Senate Read and Referred
Senate
3/27/2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
Senate
3/27/2025
Senate Read Second Time
Senate
Roll Call Votes
Passage: House Vote #237
3/6/2025
156
Yea
2
Nay
16
Not Voting
6
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(3/6/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Republican: 7
Primary Sponsor
Holt Persinger
Republican