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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; restrictions of disclosure of personal information of nonsworn employees; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 16 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to discovery in criminal procedure, so as to provide for restrictions of the disclosure of certain personally identifiable information of nonsworn employees of a law enforcement agency who are witnesses in felony and misdemeanor criminal cases; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 139"
citation: "Georgia HB 139 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter Barrett", "Clint Crowe", "Danny Mathis", "Derrick McCollum"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf287cf0-fd03-4fd8-bb98-e734c06af1cf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2484ddf6c7528157fbe286e36bcf5115c59cf074ea3454e85a32672c6bfedc19"
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 HB 139 (2023_24) — Criminal procedure; restrictions of disclosure of personal information of nonsworn employees; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 16 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to discovery in criminal procedure, so as to provide for restrictions of the disclosure of certain personally identifiable information of nonsworn employees of a law enforcement agency who are witnesses in felony and misdemeanor criminal cases; 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 139/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220384.pdf)
2. **LC 49 1160/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213105.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #33 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **174–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #381 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carter Barrett — primary (person)
- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** Act 33 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf287cf0-fd03-4fd8-bb98-e734c06af1cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).