republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-779.md

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Bill	Crimes and offenses; regulate use of unmanned aircraft systems and images; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to regulate the use of unmanned aircraft systems and images captured by such systems; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for penalties and a civil right of action; to provide for venue; to amend Code Section 27-3-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to activity prohibited in the taking of wildlife, so as to regulate the use of unmanned aircraft systems in connection to hunting and fishing; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 779	Georgia HB 779 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Brian Prince Bruce Broadrick Eddie Lumsden Kevin Tanner Sam Watson	6	16	1	2016-01-15	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/bee949b7-bc2f-4b1a-84ab-534e592eb964	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2d1711c87a23a3f2ec9c5cdf524eb03a10799e22259c114e1d42e1cc2e00261f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 779 (2015_16) — Crimes and offenses; regulate use of unmanned aircraft systems and images; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to regulate the use of unmanned aircraft systems and images captured by such systems; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for penalties and a civil right of action; to provide for venue; to amend Code Section 27-3-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to activity prohibited in the taking of wildlife, so as to regulate the use of unmanned aircraft systems in connection to hunting and fishing; 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. Floor Amendment AM 29 2547 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 779/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6803/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 7041S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 29 7041S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 29 7115S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 171–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Prince — primary (person)
• Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-15 House Hopper
• 2016-01-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Veto V8 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bee949b7-bc2f-4b1a-84ab-534e592eb964. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).