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type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement officers; the reproduction of arrest booking photographs; enact provisions"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 150"
citation: "Georgia HB 150 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Lindsey", "Gloria Frazier", "Jay Roberts", "Jimmy Pruett", "Jon Burns", "Roger Bruce"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/385f2198-2eff-45fe-acdb-09fd8850c949"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cfd04b5769d7028a886cc74a98c26cac70a649c982669620de80c0245c8a9ca6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137032.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5405ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129236.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5559S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134023.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5559S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132552.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 29 2180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135620.pdf)
6. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 29 2182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135755.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1653** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/385f2198-2eff-45fe-acdb-09fd8850c949`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).