Georgia House Bill 734 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on April 2 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-13 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce and trade, so as to create the Journalism Ethics Board; to provide for its composition, duties, and powers; to provide for promulgation of canons of ethics; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for confidentiality of certain matters; to provide for immunity from civil suit; to provide for an interviewee's access to copies of photographs and audio and video recordings taken by members of the media; to provide for the manner of requesting such items and responding; to provide for sanctions for failure to respond or delays in responding; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Ethics in Journalism Act; enact

Rep. Andrew Welch [R]	Rep. Ron Stephens [R]	Rep. Timothy Barr [R]	Rep. Rick Jasperse [R]
Rep. Mike Cheokas [R]	Rep. Matt Dubnik [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-13	House	House Second Readers
2019-04-02	House	House First Readers
2019-04-02	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/56566
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/187241