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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; protection of personally identifiable information of judges and their spouses; modify provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 15 the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to administration of courts of record generally, so as to modify provisions related to protection of personally identifiable information of judges and their spouses; to abolish the requirement for the Administrative Office of the Courts to maintain a data base of protected persons and information; to provide for a state-wide form to be used by protected persons seeking to have information removed or redacted from public records; to require state and local governments to remove personally identifiable information from public records when requested by a protected person; to provide procedures for such requests; to revise definitions; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 199"
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citation: "Georgia HB 199 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COURTS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Gullett", "Matt Reeves", "Sam Park", "Stan Gunter", "Trey Kelley", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-30"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41d01935-accf-49b9-bf2d-e1e8ea378803"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "93507abd90cd752484d9980b676e4f00d68268ace2f34c507114da9574e74682"
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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 199 (2025_26) — Courts; protection of personally identifiable information of judges and their spouses; modify provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 15 the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to administration of courts of record generally, so as to modify provisions related to protection of personally identifiable information of judges and their spouses; to abolish the requirement for the Administrative Office of the Courts to maintain a data base of protected persons and information; to provide for a state-wide form to be used by protected persons seeking to have information removed or redacted from public records; to require state and local governments to remove personally identifiable information from public records when requested by a protected person; to provide procedures for such requests; to revise definitions; 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. **HB 199/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238521.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3282/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230839.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 1439S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232246.pdf)
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4. **LC 48 1439S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231352.pdf)
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5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 2339S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235821.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #29 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #346 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #358 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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- Sam Park — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 308 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/41d01935-accf-49b9-bf2d-e1e8ea378803`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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