---
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).