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87 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Invasion of Privacy; prohibition on electronically transmitting or posting nude or sexually explicit photographs or videos for purposes of harassing the depicted person; revise"
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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 revise the prohibition on electronically transmitting or posting nude or sexually explicit photographs or videos for purposes of harassing the depicted person; to provide for an increased penalty for the electronic transmission or posting to a web page that is accessible to the general public; 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 78"
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citation: "Georgia SB 78 (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: ["Elena Parent", "Gloria Butler", "Harold Jones II", "Michelle Au", "Sally Harrell", "Sonya Halpern", "Tonya Anderson"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-02"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcced748-9071-47fe-9ec0-c13317876ab3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "47283c01e64ec66d8ba11497b1af3ac47253862dccb69d4ff58a083636c026d1"
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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 78 (2021_22) — Invasion of Privacy; prohibition on electronically transmitting or posting nude or sexually explicit photographs or videos for purposes of harassing the depicted person; revise
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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 revise the prohibition on electronically transmitting or posting nude or sexually explicit photographs or videos for purposes of harassing the depicted person; to provide for an increased penalty for the electronic transmission or posting to a web page that is accessible to the general public; 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 41 2794** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196550.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199736.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 2977S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198401.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 3115S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201086.pdf)
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5. **LC 41 3148S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201924.pdf)
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6. **SB 78/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202255.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON THE RULES CALENDAR — **32–17** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Michelle Au — primary (person)
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- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-02** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-29** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 207 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/bcced748-9071-47fe-9ec0-c13317876ab3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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