Inspection of Public Records; documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; revise provisions
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “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;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Show all 17 actions
Senate Hopper · Jan 15, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Jan 16, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 10, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 11, 2025
Senate Third Read · Feb 21, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 21, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 24, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 26, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 20, 2025
House Withdrawn, Recommitted · Apr 2, 2025
House Third Readers · Apr 4, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 276 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · May 14, 2025
The numbers
20
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Ginn, FrankRobertson, RandySummers, CardenDixon, ClintStill, ShawnCowsert, BillWatson, BenTillery, BlakeHatchett, BoAlbers, JohnBrass, MattKirkpatrick, KayGoodman, RussGooch, SteveWatson, SamJones, EmanuelWicks, KenyaBeach, BrandonPayne, ChuckAnderson, Victor
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 53, nay 1, notVoting 1, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-04-04 · yea 167, nay 1, notVoting 1, excused 11
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-02-21 · yea 49, nay 0, notVoting 5, excused 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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