Georgia · House Bill 199 · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Courts; protection of personally identifiable information of judges and their spouses; modify provisions

HB 199 Sponsored by Trey Kelley Became law

  1. Introduced Jan 30, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 3, 2025
  3. Passed the House Feb 12, 2025
  4. Passed the Senate Mar 31, 2025
  5. To the governor Apr 10, 2025
  6. Became law May 14, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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…

Read the full title (130 words)

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.

Every action

15 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

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  1. HouseHouse Hopper
  2. CommitteeHouse First Readers · House Judiciary
  3. HouseHouse Second Readers
  4. CommitteeHouse Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · House Judiciary
  5. HouseHouse Third Readers
  6. HouseHouse Passed/Adopted By Substitute
  7. CommitteeSenate Read and Referred · Senate Judiciary
  1. CommitteeSenate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Senate Judiciary
  2. SenateSenate Read Second Time
  3. SenateSenate Third Read
  4. SenateSenate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
  5. HouseHouse Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  6. HouseHouse Sent to Governor
  7. GovernorHouse Date Signed by Governor
  8. GovernorAct 308

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 3 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

PASSAGE (House Vote #29) · Full House

Passed 165–0
Feb 12, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 165 No 0 Not voting 15
Democrats: 72 yes, 0 no Republicans: 93 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 165

Not voting · 7

Excused · 8

Agree to Senate Substitute (House Vote #358) · Full House

Passed 164–0
Mar 31, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 164 No 0 Not voting 16
Democrats: 71 yes, 0 no Republicans: 93 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 164

Not voting · 6

Excused · 10

PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE (Senate Vote #346) · Full Senate

Passed 54–0
Mar 31, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 54 No 0 Not voting 2
Democrats: 23 yes, 0 no Republicans: 31 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 54

Excused · 2

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat.

All 6 cosponsors

From Georgia's official records (www.legis.ga.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.