The Act makes it a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature to commit an assault against a pregnant female. The Act provides a definition for the phrase 'unborn child': A member of the species homo sapiens at any state of development who is carried in the womb.
The Act clarifies and amends the Georgia law regarding the justifiable use of deadly force and duty to retreat. Its purposes are to extend the protections of the castle doctrine beyond one's home, vehicle and business to anywhere one has the legal right to be; to codify explicitly
The bill as passed by the Senate would create a registry of electronic contact points for children and prevent anyone wishing to send messages advertising content that is illegal for a minor to purchase, view, possess, participate in or receive from sending to a registered contact point. The system would
The purpose of the Act is to protect the public from recidivist sexual offenders, sexual offenders who use physical violence, and sexual offenders who prey on children. The Act ensures that decisions to release sexual predators into the community are not made on the basis of inadequate space. The Act
The Bill clarifies and changes provisions related to fees and the collection of fees for indigent defense services. The Bill provides that local victim assistance funds collected by the courts shall be paid directly to the county governing authority or the district attorney. Further, the Bill provides that the Criminal
The Act provides presumptive tables for child support based on the income shares model, taking into consideration both parents' gross income in establishing the child support obligation of the non-custodial parent, and instructs the trier of fact how to calculate each parent's gross income. It provides for
The purpose of the Act is to improve the high school graduation rate in Georgia and to strengthen parent participation in student education. The Act mandates school attendance for children between their sixth and sixteenth birthdays. The Act requires that an unemancipated minor older than the mandatory attendance age have
