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type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence; privileged communication between law enforcement and peer counselors under certain circumstances; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to privileges, so as to create a privileged communication between law enforcement officers and peer counselors under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; 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 872"
citation: "Georgia HB 872 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Terry Rogers", "Tom Kirby", "Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-28"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19973dc8-1ca7-48e4-b79b-846bb3e05cc2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "34585d577369d0aaf6abc98364f6fc4291ec7d4819a6f0491eab96e896cafa98"
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 872 (2013_14) — Evidence; privileged communication between law enforcement and peer counselors under certain circumstances; create
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to privileges, so as to create a privileged communication between law enforcement officers and peer counselors under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; 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 872/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144459.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5812ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138443.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **160–3** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
- Tom Kirby — primary (person)
- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-01-28** House Hopper
- **2014-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-05** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2014-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** 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 `passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-17** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-17** Act 542 `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/19973dc8-1ca7-48e4-b79b-846bb3e05cc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).