republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-135.md

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Bill	Clerks of Superior Courts; provide for protection and disclosure of records held; procedure for disclosure	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the clerks of superior courts, so as to provide for the protection and disclosure of records held by the clerk of superior court; to provide for procedure for disclosure; to provide for penalties; to change provisions relating to back-up records; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 135	Georgia SB 135 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Charlie Bethel Curt Thompson Harold Jones II Jesse Stone Joshua McKoon	4	16	1	2015-02-19	2015-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/1e0536c7-d851-4a37-a4bb-c4e943d9938c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b996baaf24d88aa9eba4d8fe4ba8345f1237965aa77c4dbf7ef2fda47198321f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 135 (2015_16) — Clerks of Superior Courts; provide for protection and disclosure of records held; procedure for disclosure

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the clerks of superior courts, so as to provide for the protection and disclosure of records held by the clerk of superior court; to provide for procedure for disclosure; to provide for penalties; to change provisions relating to back-up records; 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 29 6358 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6626S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 135/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-19 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-03 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 181 executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e0536c7-d851-4a37-a4bb-c4e943d9938c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).