---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Georgia First Informer Broadcasters Act\"; provide planning for first informer broadcasters; definitions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 38-3-57 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the establishment of a standardized, verifiable, performance based unified incident command system for emergencies, so as to provide planning for first informer broadcasters in the unified incident command system and the Georgia Emergency Operations Plan; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; 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: "SB 381"
citation: "Georgia SB 381 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Cecil Staton", "John Albers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/912bebd1-6c30-44cc-840c-27f4206a5742"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "482b9c9aaa8247dbb6790bcb6575337f4e74f7cb8e7229639aad2e37db4e2098"
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 381 (2013_14) — "Georgia First Informer Broadcasters Act"; provide planning for first informer broadcasters; definitions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 38-3-57 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the establishment of a standardized, verifiable, performance based unified incident command system for emergencies, so as to provide planning for first informer broadcasters in the unified incident command system and the Georgia Emergency Operations Plan; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; 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. **As introduced LC 41 0165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139696.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141796.pdf)
3. **SB 381/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144738.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **41–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Cecil Staton — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Senate Hopper
- **2014-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-24** Act 614 `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/912bebd1-6c30-44cc-840c-27f4206a5742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).