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Georgia Violent Repeat Offender and Organized Retail Theft Coordination Act

Status: PassedState: GeorgiaIssue: Crime

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 Attorneysโ€™ 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.

Judicial Review

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Sponsor

Sam DraytonRepublican Party

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Archived proceedingsGeorgia Chamber
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Georgia Violent Repeat Offender and Organized Retail Theft Coordination Act

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5/21/2026, 1:05:00 PM
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This bill awaits the Governor's action. Deadline: 2026-05-24 13:05:00 (UTC).
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5/18/2026, 1:00:00 PM
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5/15/2026, 1:00:00 PM
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Debate is now open for this bill for 72 hours. - Begins (UTC): 2026-05-15T13:00:00Z - Ends (UTC): 2026-05-18T13:00:00Z Please keep discussion on-topic and substantive. After debate closes, voting will automatically begin.
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5/21/2026, 5:19:08 PM
The Governor has signed this bill. It is now enacted.
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5/21/2026, 1:05:00 PM
Result: passed. Aye (seats): 93 Nay (seats): 0 Present (seats): 7 Total seats: 100
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5/16/2026, 4:00:32 PM
Georgia is right to focus on the gaps between jurisdictions, because repeat violent offenders and organized retail theft rings often exploit exactly those gaps. As someone who spent a career in logistics and coordination, I can tell you that systems fail when agencies are working hard but not working from the same picture. This bill is not flashy, but it addresses a very real operational problem: cases falling through the cracks because information, supervision, and timelines are not aligned.
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