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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Disclosure; certain personal records of state and federal employees; exempt"
+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 not required, so as to exempt certain personal records of state and federal employees from public disclosure; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "SB 32"
+citation: "Georgia SB 32 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Carden Summers", "Dean Burke", "Frank Ginn", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Matt Brass", "Max Burns", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-27"
+last_action: "2021-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7262ce9-5463-4b9a-8a5d-b8a3a5dce487"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "fff4059e4d597832939a94ce2b71d4ee125d8a440ea6c1227f2c5a1c563d1cc1"
+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 SB 32 (2021_22) — Public Disclosure; certain personal records of state and federal employees; exempt
+
+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 not required, so as to exempt certain personal records of state and federal employees from public disclosure; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 36 4492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196031.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197518.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 36 4581S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197075.pdf)
+4. **LC 36 4783S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200451.pdf)
+5. **SB 32/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201188.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ben Watson — primary (person)
+- Carden Summers — primary (person)
+- Dean Burke — primary (person)
+- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+- Max Burns — primary (person)
+- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-27** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-23** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-06** Act 247 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7262ce9-5463-4b9a-8a5d-b8a3a5dce487`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+