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82 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; regulate use of unmanned aircraft systems and images; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to regulate the use of unmanned aircraft systems and images captured by such systems; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for penalties and a civil right of action; to provide for venue; to amend Code Section 27-3-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to activity prohibited in the taking of wildlife, so as to regulate the use of unmanned aircraft systems in connection to hunting and fishing; to provide for related matters; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 779"
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citation: "Georgia HB 779 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Prince", "Bruce Broadrick", "Eddie Lumsden", "Kevin Tanner", "Sam Watson"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-15"
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last_action: "2016-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bee949b7-bc2f-4b1a-84ab-534e592eb964"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2d1711c87a23a3f2ec9c5cdf524eb03a10799e22259c114e1d42e1cc2e00261f"
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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 779 (2015_16) — Crimes and offenses; regulate use of unmanned aircraft systems and images; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to regulate the use of unmanned aircraft systems and images captured by such systems; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for penalties and a civil right of action; to provide for venue; to amend Code Section 27-3-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to activity prohibited in the taking of wildlife, so as to regulate the use of unmanned aircraft systems in connection to hunting and fishing; to provide for related matters; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 29 2547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161213.pdf)
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2. **HB 779/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162387.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6803/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154750.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 7041S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159227.pdf)
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5. **LC 29 7041S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158760.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7115S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160464.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-15** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Veto V8 `executive-signature`
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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/bee949b7-bc2f-4b1a-84ab-534e592eb964`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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