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type: "Bill"
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title: "State government; public disclosure not required relative to inspection of public records; include certain documents from Department of Natural Resources"
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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 relative to inspection of public records, so as to include certain documents from the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 165"
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citation: "Georgia HB 165 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "Jason Ridley", "Kimberly New", "Leesa Hagan", "Lynn Smith", "Trey Rhodes"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-31"
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last_action: "2023-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/474a47f3-8147-42d1-bec8-41d03797dd67"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "142757170dc8d98940dfbf7fc9cc7780f774025ad2fdcaa5841adc141038d620"
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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 HB 165 (2023_24) — State government; public disclosure not required relative to inspection of public records; include certain documents from Department of Natural Resources
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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 relative to inspection of public records, so as to include certain documents from the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 165/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217746.pdf)
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2. **LC 51 0265/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213261.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #216 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–5** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #75 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **169–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
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- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
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- Kimberly New — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-31** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-02** Act 240 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-02** 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/474a47f3-8147-42d1-bec8-41d03797dd67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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