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Panel approves Mandy Ballinger Act substitute to plan raising juvenile jurisdiction for some 17‑year‑olds
Summary
A Judiciary committee approved a substitute creating an organizational committee to study and plan implementation so 17‑year‑olds charged with nonviolent crimes can be processed in juvenile court; the committee added the Georgia Public Defender Council’s executive director (or designee) to the oversight committee and passed the measure unanimously.
Committee members approved a substitute to House Bill 1061, the Mandy Ballinger Act, which would create an organizational committee to plan raising the jurisdiction for some 17‑year‑olds charged with nonviolent offenses.
The presenter told the committee the substitute is intended to study logistics — transportation, housing, cost and operational issues — before any change in jurisdiction. "This is the first part of the bill that…
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