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type: "Bill"
title: "Invasion of Privacy; prohibition against the transmission of photography depicting nudity; include falsely created videographic or still images"
description: "A Bill to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to invasion of privacy, so as to include falsely created videographic or still images of other persons within the prohibition against the transmission of photography or videos depicting nudity or sexually explicit conduct of another person under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 337"
citation: "Georgia SB 337 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Bruce Thompson", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Dean Burke", "Donzella James", "Ed Harbison", "Greg Dolezal", "John Albers", "John Wilkinson", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Renee Unterman", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper", "William Ligon, Jr.", "Zahra Karinshak"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39dc023e-91f6-4c42-bc08-7269526d57c3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f9d5447d7386e3c546440195d445ee40ceeac28745be8cd3259d13b2b3241ab0"
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 SB 337 (2019_20) — Invasion of Privacy; prohibition against the transmission of photography depicting nudity; include falsely created videographic or still images
A Bill to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to invasion of privacy, so as to include falsely created videographic or still images of other persons within the prohibition against the transmission of photography or videos depicting nudity or sexually explicit conduct of another person under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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. **As introduced LC 28 9549** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188957.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192888.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 46 0287S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190615.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1 AM 46 0090** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192754.pdf)
5. **Floor amend 2 AM 46 0091** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192753.pdf)
6. **SB337/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194806.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **510** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
- Zahra Karinshak — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-30** Senate Hopper
- **2020-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** House Postponed
- **2020-06-20** House Postponed
- **2020-06-22** House Postponed
- **2020-06-23** House Postponed
- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-03** Act 550 `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39dc023e-91f6-4c42-bc08-7269526d57c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).