This legislation makes it illegal for a law enforcement officer or employee to release or sell information about people involved in a vehicle collision for personal financial gain. Law enforcement agencies would still be required to release motor vehicle accident reports in accordance with the open records law. This bill also requires news media organizations to wait 60 days to access accident reports. The name, street address, telephone number and driver's license numbers of the drivers must be redacted before turning the accident reports over to the news media.

This legislation makes it a felony for any county to: create or participate in a health care exchange; buy insurance from a health care exchange; facilitate or participate in the expansion of Medicaid pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; provide advice, guidance or assistance with a health benefit plan as a navigator; pay a commission or compensation to any navigator.   

This legislation, similar to HB 504, allows the failure to wear a seatbelt to be admissable as evidence in civil actions for the purpose of mitigating damages. Georgia counties are often defendants in cases involving motor vehicle accidents and where plaintiffs argue that an accident was caused by a defect in a county road. This bill simply allows counties, as defendants, to introduce evidence that if a passenger had been wearing a seatbelt, as required by law, he or she may have suffered less extensive injuries. If a jury finds that the failure to wear a seat belt contributed to the occupant's injuries, the jury could reduce the occupant's recovery to the extent that the injuries were caused by the failure to wear the seatbelt.