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type: "Bill"
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title: "Computer Crimes; create a new crime of unauthorized computer access; penalties; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computer crimes, so as to create the new crime of unauthorized computer access; to provide for penalties; to change provisions relating to venue for computer crimes; to provide for forfeiture; 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: "SB 315"
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citation: "Georgia SB 315 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "David Shafer", "Harold Jones II", "Jeff Mullis", "Jennifer Jordan", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Renee Unterman", "Steve Gooch", "Steve Henson", "Valencia Seay", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-08"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dd78079-d2d0-4591-bd1d-cd203e0f3c41"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8fbe23aff86b486a8875a4c6373f04975773ffa7d81c570a27e61da01e78b8e7"
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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 SB 315 (2017_18) — Computer Crimes; create a new crime of unauthorized computer access; penalties; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computer crimes, so as to create the new crime of unauthorized computer access; to provide for penalties; to change provisions relating to venue for computer crimes; to provide for forfeiture; 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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- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 6TH — **20–33** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Steve Henson — primary (person)
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- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-08** Senate Hopper
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- **2018-01-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-12** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-15** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Veto V18 `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/1dd78079-d2d0-4591-bd1d-cd203e0f3c41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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