Georgia bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia SB 398
Wiretapping, Eavesdropping, Surveillance, and Related Offenses; criminal offenses of virtual peeping; establish
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Bo Hatchett (Republican)
- Jason Anavitarte (Republican)
- Brian Strickland (Republican)
- Randy Robertson (Republican)
- Timothy Bearden (Republican)
- Matt Brass (Republican)
- Drew Echols (Republican)
- Carden Summers (Republican)
- Shawn Still (Republican)
- Billy Hickman (Republican)
- Max Burns (Republican)
- Sam Watson (Republican)
- Marty Harbin (Republican)
- Ed Setzler (Republican)
- Chuck Payne (Republican)
- Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican)
- Bill Cowsert (Republican)
- Clint Dixon (Republican)
- Russ Goodman (Republican)
- Lee Anderson (Republican)
- Jason T. Dickerson
- John Albers (Republican)
- Mike Hodges (Republican)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Georgia legislature· description
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wiretapping, eavesdropping, surveillance, and related offenses, so as to establish criminal offenses of virtual peeping; to prohibit the use of a generative artificial intelligence system to generate images of individuals with the knowledge that such generation was without authorization or consent; to provide for penalties; to provide for an exception; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 House | House Vote #807 - 2025-2026 Regular Session | pass | Set your home in Georgia to see |
| Feb 20, 2026 Senate | Senate Vote #567 - 2025-2026 Regular Session | pass | Set your home in Georgia to see |
Actions
- Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub - Mar 31, 2026 · House
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute - Mar 31, 2026 · House
House Third Readers - Mar 27, 2026 · House
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute - Feb 25, 2026 · House
House Second Readers - Feb 24, 2026 · House
House First Readers - Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute - Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Senate Taken from Table - Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Senate Tabled - Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Senate Third Read - Feb 9, 2026 · Senate
Senate Read Second Time - Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute - Jan 14, 2026 · Senate
Senate Read and Referred - Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
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