Georgia Senate Bill 48

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-29 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-3-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses, resulting responsibility and liability of the issuing center, and provision of certain information to the FBI in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, so as to provide for a judicial procedure for purging a person's involuntary hospitalization information received by the center for the purpose of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System under certain circumstances; to change provisions relating to the retention of a person's involuntary hospitalization information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Disclosure and Dissemination of Criminal Records; a judicial procedure for purging a person's involuntary hospitalization information; provide

Sen. Elena Parent [D]

Sen. Harold Jones [D]

Sen. Kim Jackson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2025-01-28	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69602
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/230488