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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Records; personal information of public employees; protect from public disclosure"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inspection of public records, so as to protect from public disclosure certain personal information of public employees; to remove an exemption relating to public disclosure of certain public records pertaining to public employees; to provide for definitions; to require local governments to remove upon request certain personally identifiable information of public employees from certain property records; to require local governments to provide a form for such requests; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "SB 215"
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citation: "Georgia SB 215 (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: ["Jason Esteves", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c6afd2b-7b55-4d33-bac6-f9100e833c50"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "443719ffb3ef8e999b3acd3ae25aa7e64c20da4eb33f3c6a675fbcdfc440c305"
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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 215 (2023_24) — Public Records; personal information of public employees; protect from public disclosure
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inspection of public records, so as to protect from public disclosure certain personal information of public employees; to remove an exemption relating to public disclosure of certain public records pertaining to public employees; to provide for definitions; to require local governments to remove upon request certain personally identifiable information of public employees from certain property records; to require local governments to provide a form for such requests; 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 36 5501** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215153.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216908.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 36 5524S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216246.pdf)
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4. **LC 47 2508S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219018.pdf)
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5. **SB 215/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219878.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #327 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #121 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #291 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-26** Act 34 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/2c6afd2b-7b55-4d33-bac6-f9100e833c50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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