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| Bill | Law enforcement; retaining license plate data obtained from automated license plate recognition systems beyond certain periods; prohibit | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to prohibit law enforcement from retaining license plate data obtained from automated license plate recognition systems beyond a certain period; to provide for definitions; to provide for the exchange of data obtained from license plate recognition systems by law enforcement; to provide for criminal penalties for misuse of captured license plate data; to provide for policies; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 79 | Georgia HB 79 (2017_18) |
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0 | 17 | 1 | 2017-01-23 | 2018-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/0997fe07-3bf0-421f-ab52-b1f3cba67f76 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 7aace0e001f3a6a23b950adc43d94d3d736af6e983cb90acf76fe316931e5ec2 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 79 (2017_18) — Law enforcement; retaining license plate data obtained from automated license plate recognition systems beyond certain periods; prohibit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to prohibit law enforcement from retaining license plate data obtained from automated license plate recognition systems beyond a certain period; to provide for definitions; to provide for the exchange of data obtained from license plate recognition systems by law enforcement; to provide for criminal penalties for misuse of captured license plate data; to provide for policies; 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 — 169–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
- John Pezold — primary (person)
- Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Scot Turner — 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 - 2017-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-30 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
withdrawal, referral-committee - 2018-02-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-13 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-02-13 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-02-14 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-03-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-09 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-03-12 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-03-12 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2018-04-02 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-08 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-08 Act 452
executive-signature - 2018-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0997fe07-3bf0-421f-ab52-b1f3cba67f76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).