republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-845.md

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Bill	Public disclosure; disclosure of arrest booking photographs except under certain circumstances; prohibit	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure is not required, so as to prohibit the disclosure of arrest booking photographs except under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 845	Georgia HB 845 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens Brian Strickland Jay Powell Jimmy Pruett Roger Bruce Roger Rutledge	5	18	1	2014-01-24	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e96a85ac-e1df-49fe-b911-a1d09791afc7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c8ba4c43cca7448a7fc1757ac369f6b217694bf0098353a1f34d5a6ef162813e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 845 (2013_14) — Public disclosure; disclosure of arrest booking photographs except under certain circumstances; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure is not required, so as to prohibit the disclosure of arrest booking photographs except under certain circumstances; 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 845/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5795/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5993S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5993S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6047S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 171–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
• Roger Bruce — primary (person)
• Roger Rutledge — 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
• 2014-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-18 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-24 Act 627 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e96a85ac-e1df-49fe-b911-a1d09791afc7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).