---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; reproduction of recorded material; update terminology"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-8-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reproduction of recorded material, transfer, sale, distribution, circulation, civil forfeiture, and restitution, so as to update terminology; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 341"
citation: "Georgia HB 341 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Moore", "Bill Werkheiser", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dollar", "Ron Stephens", "Spencer Frye"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f30b5931-fd9b-405b-88fb-be637b24df11"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c869fc445c140bcc43bb06cd110cb7aa32ddae331e5888430313eaa17a6a3bfa"
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 341 (2019_20) — Crimes and offenses; reproduction of recorded material; update terminology

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-8-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reproduction of recorded material, transfer, sale, distribution, circulation, civil forfeiture, and restitution, so as to update terminology; 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 341/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194376.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9140/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181652.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **162–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Moore — primary (person)
- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** House Hopper
- **2019-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-13** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 489 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f30b5931-fd9b-405b-88fb-be637b24df11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).