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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Disclosure; certain personal records of state and federal employees; exempt"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure not required, so as to exempt certain personal records of state and federal employees from public disclosure; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 32"
citation: "Georgia SB 32 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Carden Summers", "Dean Burke", "Frank Ginn", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Matt Brass", "Max Burns", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7262ce9-5463-4b9a-8a5d-b8a3a5dce487"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fff4059e4d597832939a94ce2b71d4ee125d8a440ea6c1227f2c5a1c563d1cc1"
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 32 (2021_22) — Public Disclosure; certain personal records of state and federal employees; exempt
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure not required, so as to exempt certain personal records of state and federal employees from public disclosure; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 36 4492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196031.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197518.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 36 4581S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197075.pdf)
4. **LC 36 4783S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200451.pdf)
5. **SB 32/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201188.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **480** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-27** Senate Hopper
- **2021-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** Act 247 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7262ce9-5463-4b9a-8a5d-b8a3a5dce487`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).