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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Individual's criminal history record information; revise definitions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-3-37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to review of individual's criminal history record information, definitions, and privacy considerations, so as to revise definitions; to clarify provisions relating to record restriction involving certain felony offenses; to change provisions relating to the application of the Code section to arrests occurring prior to July 1, 2013; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 271"
+citation: "Georgia HB 271 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dustin Hightower", "Edward Lindsey", "Jay Neal", "John Meadows", "Mary Oliver", "Stacey Abrams"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-08"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54ad717e-a318-4f7c-ba44-ae48a58f2670"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "875eede079e86f2952ad3ad1a37616611fb283eff7dde02a2b9669caca569707"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 271 (2013_14) — Individual's criminal history record information; revise definitions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-3-37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to review of individual's criminal history record information, definitions, and privacy considerations, so as to revise definitions; to clarify provisions relating to record restriction involving certain felony offenses; to change provisions relating to the application of the Code section to arrests occurring prior to July 1, 2013; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 271/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144947.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 5434/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130244.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 5536S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133117.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 5536S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132724.pdf)
+5. **SCSFA to HB 271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143880.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 25 6400S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143508.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 25 1334** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143842.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
+- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
+- Jay Neal — primary (person)
+- John Meadows — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-08** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-22** Act 577 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54ad717e-a318-4f7c-ba44-ae48a58f2670`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+