republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-6.md

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Bill	Correctional Institutions of the State and Counties; use of unmanned aircraft systems to deliver or attempt to deliver contraband to a place of incarceration; prohibit	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding correctional institutions of the state and counties, so as to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to deliver or attempt to deliver contraband to a place of incarceration; to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to photograph any place of incarceration without permission of the warden or superintendent of such place of incarceration; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 6	Georgia SB 6 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Chuck Payne Greg Kirk John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Randy Robertson Sally Harrell Steve Gooch Valencia Seay	6	18	1	2019-01-28	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/36375aee-5ae6-46cc-958d-f6b07efcaf6c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5e3d1ae754fb16919bbfeb1e4edcd75f55c682e4a5717622dd1951495666902d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 6 (2019_20) — Correctional Institutions of the State and Counties; use of unmanned aircraft systems to deliver or attempt to deliver contraband to a place of incarceration; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding correctional institutions of the state and counties, so as to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to deliver or attempt to deliver contraband to a place of incarceration; to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to photograph any place of incarceration without permission of the warden or superintendent of such place of incarceration; to provide for penalties; 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 28 8977ER (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 39 2096S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 1968S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 41 2009S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 6/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28 Senate Hopper
• 2019-01-30 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-02-14 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-02-14 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-02-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 House Withdrawn, Recommitted withdrawal, referral-committee
• 2019-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2019-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-28 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-04-28 Act 67 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36375aee-5ae6-46cc-958d-f6b07efcaf6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).