Bill > HB1142

This bill requires that individuals seeking to enter a Pretrial Intervention and Diversion Program for a domestic violence offense must agree that any future domestic violence conviction could be added to a new registry of "recidivist domestic violence offenders," meaning someone convicted of a domestic violence offense who has at least one prior domestic violence conviction. This new registry, maintained by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), will include names, aliases, dates of birth, conviction details, and photographs of these offenders, but will not publish their addresses or identification numbers. Clerks of court will be responsible for providing conviction information to the GBI, and offenders will be removed from the registry after a set period following their last conviction, or if a conviction is overturned. The bill also clarifies that completing a first offender sentence or a pretrial diversion program for a domestic violence offense will still require registration on this new recidivist domestic violence offender registry, even though it generally does not count as a criminal conviction for other purposes. These provisions will take effect on January 1, 2027, and apply to offenses committed on or after that date.