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Bill	Law enforcement officers; the reproduction of arrest booking photographs; enact provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10, Chapter 1 of Title 35, Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, and Title 51 of the O.C.G.A., relating to selling and other trade practices, general provisions for law enforcement officers and agencies, inspection of public records, and torts, respectively, so as to enact provisions relating to the reproduction of arrest booking photographs; to require law enforcement agencies to copyright or watermark certain photographs; to authorize copyrighting of public records; to provide for the right of publicity in an individual's persona; to prohibit the use of an individual's persona for commercial purposes without authorization; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 150	Georgia HB 150 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Edward Lindsey Gloria Frazier Jay Roberts Jimmy Pruett Jon Burns Roger Bruce	6	16	1	2013-01-30	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/385f2198-2eff-45fe-acdb-09fd8850c949	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cfd04b5769d7028a886cc74a98c26cac70a649c982669620de80c0245c8a9ca6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 150 (2013_14) — Law enforcement officers; the reproduction of arrest booking photographs; enact provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10, Chapter 1 of Title 35, Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, and Title 51 of the O.C.G.A., relating to selling and other trade practices, general provisions for law enforcement officers and agencies, inspection of public records, and torts, respectively, so as to enact provisions relating to the reproduction of arrest booking photographs; to require law enforcement agencies to copyright or watermark certain photographs; to authorize copyrighting of public records; to provide for the right of publicity in an individual's persona; to prohibit the use of an individual's persona for commercial purposes without authorization; 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 150/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5405ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5559S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5559S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 29 2180 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen floor amend 2 AM 29 2182 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 165–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
• Gloria Frazier — primary (person)
• Jay Roberts — primary (person)
• Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Roger Bruce — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-30 House Hopper
• 2013-01-31 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2013-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 188 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/385f2198-2eff-45fe-acdb-09fd8850c949. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).