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Bill Penal institutions; certain information within inmate files of the Department of Corrections shall not be classified as confidential state secrets when requested by the district attorney; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-5-36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to confidentiality of information supplied by inmates, penalties for breach, classified nature of department investigation reports, confidentiality of certain identifying information, and custodians of records, so as to provide that certain information within inmate files of the Department of Corrections shall not be classified as confidential state secrets when requested by the district attorney for purposes of responding to proposed actions of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles; to provide for a definition; to provide for an exception; to provide for nondisclosure; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 HB 168 Georgia HB 168 (2021_22)
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Bruce Williamson
Heath Clark
Jesse Petrea
John LaHood
Ron Stephens
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Georgia HB 168 (2021_22) — Penal institutions; certain information within inmate files of the Department of Corrections shall not be classified as confidential state secrets when requested by the district attorney; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-5-36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to confidentiality of information supplied by inmates, penalties for breach, classified nature of department investigation reports, confidentiality of certain identifying information, and custodians of records, so as to provide that certain information within inmate files of the Department of Corrections shall not be classified as confidential state secrets when requested by the district attorney for purposes of responding to proposed actions of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles; to provide for a definition; to provide for an exception; to provide for nondisclosure; to provide for related matters; 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. HB 168/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 41 2678/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 9966 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Barry Fleming — primary (person)
  • Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
  • Heath Clark — primary (person)
  • Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
  • John LaHood — primary (person)
  • Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-01-28 House Hopper
  • 2021-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2021-02-01 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2021-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-02-18 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2021-02-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2021-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2021-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2021-03-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2021-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2021-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-04-21 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-04-21 Act 22 executive-signature
  • 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98f4cbfd-64a2-4d42-aada-ad07ce76e4d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).