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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law enforcement; retaining license plate data obtained from automated license plate recognition systems beyond certain periods; prohibit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to prohibit law enforcement from retaining license plate data obtained from automated license plate recognition systems beyond a certain period; to provide for definitions; to provide for the exchange of data obtained from license plate recognition systems by law enforcement; to provide for criminal penalties for misuse of captured license plate data; to provide for policies; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 79"
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citation: "Georgia HB 79 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Buzz Brockway", "John Pezold", "Michael Caldwell", "Rick Jasperse", "Scot Turner"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-01-23"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0997fe07-3bf0-421f-ab52-b1f3cba67f76"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7aace0e001f3a6a23b950adc43d94d3d736af6e983cb90acf76fe316931e5ec2"
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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 79 (2017_18) — Law enforcement; retaining license plate data obtained from automated license plate recognition systems beyond certain periods; prohibit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to prohibit law enforcement from retaining license plate data obtained from automated license plate recognition systems beyond a certain period; to provide for definitions; to provide for the exchange of data obtained from license plate recognition systems by law enforcement; to provide for criminal penalties for misuse of captured license plate data; to provide for policies; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
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- John Pezold — primary (person)
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- Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Scot Turner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-23** House Hopper
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- **2017-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-30** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 452 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/0997fe07-3bf0-421f-ab52-b1f3cba67f76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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