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type: "Bill"
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title: "Inspection of Public Records; documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; revise provisions"
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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 revise provisions related to documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; to revise definitions; to revise provisions related to judicial enforcement of inspection requests; to provide for related matters; to provide 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 12"
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citation: "Georgia SB 12 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Bo Hatchett", "Brandon Beach", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Emanuel Jones", "Frank Ginn", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kenya Wicks", "Matt Brass", "Randy Robertson", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Shawn Still", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-15"
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last_action: "2025-05-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc37583c-a845-419b-ad3b-4f4246f95f18"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "29386125011f5854f3d280940efed0d54ccec335d19fa7f145dc0e5768f1d33b"
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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 12 (2025_26) — Inspection of Public Records; documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; revise provisions
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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 revise provisions related to documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; to revise definitions; to revise provisions related to judicial enforcement of inspection requests; to provide for related matters; to provide 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. **As Introduced LC 47 3168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/229977.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233394.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 49 2218S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231726.pdf)
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4. **LC 47 3644S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236588.pdf)
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5. **SB 12/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239418.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #490 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #432 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #80 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Kenya Wicks — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — 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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- **2025-01-15** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 276 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** 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/fc37583c-a845-419b-ad3b-4f4246f95f18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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