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type: "Bill"
title: "Invasions of privacy; transmission of photography or video depicting nudity or sexually explicit conduct of an adult under certain circumstances; prohibit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to invasions of privacy, so as to prohibit the transmission of photography or video depicting nudity or sexually explicit conduct of an adult under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for venue; to provide for exceptions; 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 838"
citation: "Georgia HB 838 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Powell", "Kevin Tanner", "Mark Hamilton", "Matt Ramsey", "Rich Golick", "Spencer Frye"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-24"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c040bcb-6484-42b1-944a-276d7c30c69e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "49b7a759c7cdc35f36df33ec3b0e62555df775fd31ec5cccfbcac95899cb437f"
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 838 (2013_14) — Invasions of privacy; transmission of photography or video depicting nudity or sexually explicit conduct of an adult under certain circumstances; prohibit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to invasions of privacy, so as to prohibit the transmission of photography or video depicting nudity or sexually explicit conduct of an adult under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for venue; to provide for exceptions; 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 838/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143392.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5804/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138102.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5933S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140662.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5933S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139923.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB 838** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143006.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6011S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142677.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142948.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **168–3** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
- Rich Golick — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-01-24** House Hopper
- **2014-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-12** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 519 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c040bcb-6484-42b1-944a-276d7c30c69e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).