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type: "Bill"
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title: "Correctional Institutions of the State and Counties; use of unmanned aircraft systems to deliver or attempt to deliver contraband to a place of incarceration; prohibit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding correctional institutions of the state and counties, so as to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to deliver or attempt to deliver contraband to a place of incarceration; to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to photograph any place of incarceration without permission of the warden or superintendent of such place of incarceration; to provide for penalties; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "SB 6"
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citation: "Georgia SB 6 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Chuck Payne", "Greg Kirk", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Randy Robertson", "Sally Harrell", "Steve Gooch", "Valencia Seay"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-28"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36375aee-5ae6-46cc-958d-f6b07efcaf6c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5e3d1ae754fb16919bbfeb1e4edcd75f55c682e4a5717622dd1951495666902d"
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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 6 (2019_20) — Correctional Institutions of the State and Counties; use of unmanned aircraft systems to deliver or attempt to deliver contraband to a place of incarceration; prohibit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding correctional institutions of the state and counties, so as to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to deliver or attempt to deliver contraband to a place of incarceration; to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems to photograph any place of incarceration without permission of the warden or superintendent of such place of incarceration; to provide for penalties; 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. **As introduced LC 28 8977ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179801.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181481.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 39 2096S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181123.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 1968S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185043.pdf)
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5. **LC 41 2009S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185727.pdf)
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6. **SB 6/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186910.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-28** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-14** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-21** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-28** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-28** Act 67 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/36375aee-5ae6-46cc-958d-f6b07efcaf6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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