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type: "Bill"
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title: "Wiretapping; interception of wire or oral transmissions by law enforcement; change provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wiretapping, eavesdropping, surveillance, and related offenses, so as to change provisions relating to interception of wire or oral transmissions by law enforcement officers; to change provisions relating to the application and issuance of orders authorizing installation and use of pen register and trap and trace device; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 55"
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citation: "Georgia HB 55 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "B.J. Pak", "Christian Coomer", "Matt Ramsey", "Rich Golick", "Stacey Abrams"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-01-15"
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last_action: "2013-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eeade57-9c89-4544-b04b-7bd172c51c54"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "de9672b665b111f47ab554cb2311f59ff6ebc1126303342222597e67a084d32b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 55 (2013_14) — Wiretapping; interception of wire or oral transmissions by law enforcement; change provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wiretapping, eavesdropping, surveillance, and related offenses, so as to change provisions relating to interception of wire or oral transmissions by law enforcement officers; to change provisions relating to the application and issuance of orders authorizing installation and use of pen register and trap and trace device; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 55/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130671.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 5372/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128282.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 5392S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129403.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 5392S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128692.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
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- B.J. Pak — primary (person)
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- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
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- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
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- Rich Golick — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-01-15** House Hopper
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- **2013-01-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-01-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-01-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-01-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-01-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-01-31** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
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- **2013-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-02-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-02-13** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-02-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-02-13** Act 2 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-02-13** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0eeade57-9c89-4544-b04b-7bd172c51c54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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