---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social services; certain records from disclosure; exclude"
description: "A BILL to amend Code Section 49-5-41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons and agencies permitted access to records, so as to exclude certain records from disclosure; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 75"
citation: "Georgia HB 75 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Beskin", "Deborah Silcox", "Mary Oliver", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ade1507-ebcb-4be8-b806-8dd5e72e56d9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "af596bb4214a4bde3f18d5d10ed0b83e5640c8de46cb85d7cb296f183df18394"
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 75 (2017_18) — Social services; certain records from disclosure; exclude

A BILL to amend Code Section 49-5-41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons and agencies permitted access to records, so as to exclude certain records from disclosure; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **173–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Beskin — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** House Hopper
- **2017-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 169 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ade1507-ebcb-4be8-b806-8dd5e72e56d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).