republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-976.md

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Bill	State records management; minimum retention periods for video recordings from law enforcement devices on or inside a vehicle; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state records management, so as to provide for minimum retention periods for video recordings from law enforcement surveillance devices, law enforcement body-worn devices, or devices located on or inside of a law enforcement vehicle; to provide for a definition; to provide for exceptions; to provide for presumptions, civil liability, and fees; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 976	Georgia HB 976 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Bill Hitchens Eddie Lumsden Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. Kevin Tanner Wendell Willard	8	18	1	2016-02-10	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/56ce4b88-34b8-41a3-83bd-a0e89fbe8b28	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	01efb8c0a1b3a9ba6d7a22d14337e23106cf3d5a9408c1f06e5f3cde402641b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 976 (2015_16) — State records management; minimum retention periods for video recordings from law enforcement devices on or inside a vehicle; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state records management, so as to provide for minimum retention periods for video recordings from law enforcement surveillance devices, law enforcement body-worn devices, or devices located on or inside of a law enforcement vehicle; to provide for a definition; to provide for exceptions; to provide for presumptions, civil liability, and fees; 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 976/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6910/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 0767S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 0767S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0125 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen floor amend 1a (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1b (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 3 AM 41 0212 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
• Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-10 House Hopper
• 2016-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-16 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-24 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
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-22 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 599 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56ce4b88-34b8-41a3-83bd-a0e89fbe8b28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).