---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agency records disclosure; change certain provisions relating to 9-1-1 calls"
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 of agency records is not required, so as to change certain provisions relating to 9-1-1 calls; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "Georgia HB 449 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Dustin Hightower", "John Carson", "Micah Gravley", "Mike Jacobs", "Sam Teasley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a64448-1370-4f94-a9b4-d7dd4a979819"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5becb979af093be0534d87bf8747910572745f9693e7351808e53e23393c2d38"
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 449 (2013_14) — Agency records disclosure; change certain provisions relating to 9-1-1 calls

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 of agency records is not required, so as to change certain provisions relating to 9-1-1 calls; 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 449/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144687.pdf)
2. **LC 25 6185/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131836.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5899S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141376.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5899S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140336.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **163–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
- Sam Teasley — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-21** House Hopper
- **2013-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** 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 `passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-24** Act 617 `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/e5a64448-1370-4f94-a9b4-d7dd4a979819`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).