This legislation provides an exception to the open records law for 9-1-1 call recordings in which the caller is in extreme distress or dies.

This legislation amends the laws regarding county child fatality review committees including access to records to child abuse and dependency records.

This legislation provides an open records law exemption for the payroll and personnel records of a private contractor or subcontractor working on county property.

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 illegal to use an unmanned aircraft to take pictures of private property or individuals.  For more details on this bill click here.

This is the omnibus gun carry bill of 2014. It was enhanced in the Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee to successfully address ACCG's three objections to the original bill. Specifically the substitute:

- allows local governments to determine whether or not guns are allowed in their government buildings, regardless of whether metal detectors or security screening is provided; 

- removes the provision prohibiting law enforcement from detaining persons illegally carrying guns without licenses; and

-removes the "private right of action" provision allowing any special interest group or individual (whether or not aggrieved) to sue counties and county officials statewide.

ACCG urges you to encourage your legislators to adopt the Senate version of HB 875 or adopt no version at all. 

This legislation requires development authorities to submit quarterly reports to the board of commissioners and the board of education about any new projects being considered by the development authority, any progress on existing projects and any other information that would assist the board of commissioners in developing its plans for the needs of the county. The reports would not be required to include any time sensitive or confidential information. The quarterly reports are exempt from the open records law.

This legislation makes changes to the duties of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children, the Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel, county child abuse protocol committees, and county child fatality review committees. The legislation also changes the portions of child abuse and dependency records that may be redacted under the open records law.

This legislation specifies that vendors and contractors with the state under contract of $50,000 or more must have all records related to the contract available for inspection under the open records law. 

This legislation requires certain information, such as social security numbers and financial information to be redacted from documents filed in the court. This legislation was amended to include magistrate court. Please consult with your clerks of court (magistrate) to assess additional costs and provide feedback to Debra Nesbit at dnesbit@accg.org.

This legislation would allow a citizen to record anyone or any activity without being stopped by a government officer or employee.  

This legislation changes current law that protects superior court clerks for filing, posting or displaying any document that contains a social security number. Under SB 285, a superior court clerk is only protected for filing a document containing a social security number. Clerks and the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Authority will be required to redact the social security number from any document that is filed before posting or publicly displaying the document.

This legislation requires all law enforcement agencies to develop policies on lineups for witness identification of criminals. Policies must be submitted to POST no later than July 1, 2015.

This legislation requires certain information, such as social security numbers and financial information to be redacted from documents filed in the court. This legislation was amended to include magistrate court.

On legislative day 39, this bill was amended to include local legislation regarding the terms of Court in Bartow County Superior Court which is now Section 1.