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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public disclosure; disclosure of arrest booking photographs except under certain circumstances; prohibit"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure is not required, so as to prohibit the disclosure of arrest booking photographs except under certain circumstances; 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 845"
+citation: "Georgia HB 845 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Brian Strickland", "Jay Powell", "Jimmy Pruett", "Roger Bruce", "Roger Rutledge"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-01-24"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e96a85ac-e1df-49fe-b911-a1d09791afc7"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "c8ba4c43cca7448a7fc1757ac369f6b217694bf0098353a1f34d5a6ef162813e"
+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 845 (2013_14) — Public disclosure; disclosure of arrest booking photographs except under certain circumstances; prohibit
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure is not required, so as to prohibit the disclosure of arrest booking photographs except under certain circumstances; 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 845/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144364.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 5795/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138135.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 5993S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142174.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 5993S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141549.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6047S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143518.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
+- Roger Bruce — primary (person)
+- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-01-24** House Hopper
+- **2014-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-04** 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`
+- **2014-03-18** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-24** Act 627 `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/e96a85ac-e1df-49fe-b911-a1d09791afc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+