Georgia Violent Repeat Offender and Organized Retail Theft Coordination Act
Summary
This Georgia bill creates a coordinated state enforcement package to help prosecutors, police, courts, and retail investigators better track repeat violent felony and organized retail theft cases across jurisdictions. It also funds task forces and case management support, adds pretrial compliance monitoring, and requires annual public reports on timelines and repeat-offense outcomes.
Full text
The State of Georgia shall establish a Violent Repeat Offender and Organized Retail Theft Enforcement Package within the Department of Public Safety and the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council to improve coordination among state prosecutors, local law enforcement agencies, court administrators, and retail crime investigators in high-growth jurisdictions; provide standardized case-sharing and charge-tracking procedures for repeat violent felony and multi-jurisdiction retail theft cases; authorize targeted grant funding for regional task forces, crime analysis support, and pretrial compliance monitoring; require annual public reporting on arrest-to-disposition timelines and repeat-offense outcomes; and appropriate such funds as necessary, with implementation focused on improving case management, reducing backlog, and strengthening consistent enforcement of existing criminal laws.
Sponsor
Sam DraytonRepublican Party
Cosponsors
- Joan CarpenterRepublican Party
- Elizabeth HuntRepublican Party