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type: "Bill"
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title: "Wiretapping, Eavesdropping, Surveillance; use of any device to photograph or record patients in a health care facility shall be unlawful; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wiretapping, eavesdropping, surveillance, and related offenses, so as to provide that the use of any device to photograph or record patients in a health care facility shall be unlawful; to provide for exceptions; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 539"
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citation: "Georgia SB 539 (2021_22)"
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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", "Bill Cowsert", "Bo Hatchett", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Elena Parent", "Gloria Butler", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Michelle Au"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-22"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81bb3a2c-adcd-4712-a858-073e9594a6ca"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "68fc9336f5da194cef61ed56a9addbe0dcdb07d95f77d80383547ca5bd641f6d"
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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 539 (2021_22) — Wiretapping, Eavesdropping, Surveillance; use of any device to photograph or record patients in a health care facility shall be unlawful; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wiretapping, eavesdropping, surveillance, and related offenses, so as to provide that the use of any device to photograph or record patients in a health care facility shall be unlawful; to provide for exceptions; 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 33 9011** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207187.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209385.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 9086S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208731.pdf)
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4. **SB 539/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211834.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **48–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Michelle Au — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-22** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Tabled
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-30** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-04-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-09** Act 846 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/81bb3a2c-adcd-4712-a858-073e9594a6ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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