Judiciary Juvenile Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
The Judiciary Juvenile Committee is a standing committee of the Georgia House of Representatives.
The Judiciary Juvenile Committee was formerly known as the Children and Youth Committee and the Juvenile Justice Committee.
Per the House Rules, committees of the Georgia House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House.[1] Committees are assigned after each election.[2] A quorum is not defined in the rules. The Speaker, Speaker pro Tempore, Majority Leader, and Majority Whip are all ex officio members of every committee, except the Speaker who is only an ex officio member of the Rules committee.[3]
 See rules: House Rules
 See rules: House Rules
Function
| “ | Formerly known as Children and Youth, the Committee was recreated during the 2013 legislative session to serve more as a judiciary committee over juvenile related issues.[4][5] | ” | 
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
| Judiciary Juvenile Committee, 2025-2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) | 
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2023-2024 legislative session
| Judiciary Juvenile Committee, 2023-2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (11) | Republican members (13) | Third-party members(0) | 
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2021-2022 legislative session
| Judiciary Juvenile Committee, 2021-2022 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (11) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) | 
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Bert Reeves (R, Vice chair) left this committee on April 30, 2021. [Source]
- Note: Bert Reeves (R) resigned on April 30, 2021, to become Georgia Institute of Technology's vice president of university relations.[6]
2019-2020 legislative session
| Judiciary Juvenile Committee, 2019-2020 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (13) | Third-party members(0) | 
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Juvenile Justice Members, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (11) | Republican members (14) | |||
| • Pam Dickerson | • Mandi Ballinger, Chair | |||
| • Stacey Evans | • Regina Quick, Vice chair | |||
| • Scott Holcomb | • Paulette Rakestraw | |||
| • Henry Howard | • Wesley E. "Wes" Cantrell | |||
| • Sheila Jones | • Joyce Chandler | |||
| • Dar'shun Kendrick | • J. Collins | |||
| • Mary Margaret Oliver | • Christian Coomer | |||
| • Dexter Sharper | • Clay Cox | |||
| • Erica R. Thomas | • Chuck Efstration | |||
| • Keisha Sean Waites | • Micah Gravley | |||
| • David Wilkerson | • Jodi Lott | |||
| • Brad Raffensperger | ||||
| • Jason Spencer | ||||
| • Andrew Welch | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Juvenile Justice Members, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (12) | Republican members (14) | |||
| • Simone Bell | • Tom Weldon, Jr., Chair | |||
| • Pam Dickerson | • Regina Quick, Vice chair | |||
| • Stacey Evans | • Stephen Allison | |||
| • Scott Holcomb | • Alex Atwood | |||
| • Henry Howard | • Wesley E. "Wes" Cantrell | |||
| • Sheila Jones | • Joyce Chandler | |||
| • Dar'shun Kendrick | • Christian Coomer | |||
| • Mary Margaret Oliver | • Chuck Efstration | |||
| • Dexter Sharper | • Mike Jacobs | |||
| • Erica R. Thomas | • Bradford Jay Raffensperger | |||
| • Keisha Sean Waites | • Paulette Rakestraw | |||
| • David Wilkerson | • Jason Spencer | |||
| • Sam Watson | ||||
| • Andrew Welch | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Juvenile Justice Committee Members, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (13) | Republican members (14) | |||
| • Simone Bell | • Tom Weldon, Jr., Chair | |||
| • Pam Dickerson | • Alex Atwood, Vice Chair | |||
| • Stacey Evans | • Willie Talton | |||
| • Scott Holcomb | • Stephen Allison | |||
| • Henry Howard | • Paulette Rakestraw | |||
| • Sheila Jones | • Joyce Chandler | |||
| • Dar'shun Kendrick | • Christian Coomer | |||
| • Alisha Thomas Morgan | • Delvis Dutton | |||
| • Mary Margaret Oliver | • Mike Jacobs | |||
| • Dexter Sharper | • Jay Neal | |||
| • Earnest Smith | • Regina Quick | |||
| • Keisha Sean Waites | • Jason Spencer | |||
| • David Wilkerson | • Sam Watson | |||
| • Andrew Welch | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Juvenile Justice Committee Members, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (14) | Republican members (13) | |||
| • Kathy Ashe | • Judy Manning, Chair | |||
| • Stacey Evans | • Jimmy Pruett, Vice Chair | |||
| • Dar'shun Kendrick | • Buddy Harden | |||
| • Elena Parent | • Buzz Brockway | |||
| • Simone Bell | • Christian Coomer | |||
| • Pam Dickerson | • Hank Huckaby | |||
| • Scott Holcomb | • Darlene Taylor | |||
| • Terry Johnson | • Charlice Byrd | |||
| • Alisha Thomas Morgan | • Andrew Welch | |||
| • Earnest Smith | • Paulette Rakestraw | |||
| • Henry Howard | • Josh Clark | |||
| • Sheila Jones | • Delvis Dutton | |||
| • Yasmin Neal | • Jason Spencer | |||
| • David Wilkerson | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Juvenile Justice Committee Members, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (14) | |||
| • Terry Johnson | • Judy Manning, Chair | |||
| • Alisha Thomas Morgan | • Charlice Byrd, Vice Chair | |||
| • Kathy Ashe | • Stephen Allison | |||
| • Georganna Sinkfield | • Rick Austin | |||
| • Celeste Johnson | • Paul Battles | |||
| • Mike Glanton | • Mark Hamilton | |||
| • Randal Mangham | • Michael Harden | |||
| • Henry Howard | • Allen Peake | |||
| • Earnest Smith | • James Epps | |||
| • Jimmy Pruett | ||||
| • Buddy Harden | ||||
| • Jay Powell | ||||
| • Amy Carter | ||||
| • Ann Purcell | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.1)," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.7)," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.3)," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Georgia General Assembly, "Judiciary Juvenile Committee," accessed August 9, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Marietta Daily Journal, "Reeves to resign from General Assembly, become Georgia Tech executive," April 22, 2021
