Georgia Senate Bill 470 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Passed on May 20 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computer security, so as to provide a definition; to provide that it shall be illegal to prevent reasonable efforts to block the installation, execution, or disabling of a covered file-sharing program on computers; to provide that it shall be illegal to install, offer to install, or make available for installation, reinstallation, or update a covered file-sharing program on a computer without first providing clear and conspicuous notice to the authorized user of the computer that the files on that computer will be made available to the public, obtaining consent of the authorized user to install the program, and requiring affirmative steps by the authorized user to activate any feature on the program that will make files on that computer available to the public; and for other purposes.

Computer Security; illegal to prevent reasonable efforts to block installation or execution of a covered file-sharing program

Sen. Bill Hamrick [R]

Sen. Nan Orrock [D]

Sen. Preston Smith [R]

Sen. Cecil Staton [R]

2010-03-24 - Senate - Senate Vote #622 - Passage By Substitute (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-01		Effective Date
2010-05-20		Act 422
2010-05-20		Senate Date Signed by Governor
2010-05-13		Senate Sent to Governor
2010-04-27		House Passed/Adopted
2010-04-27		House Third Readers
2010-04-13		House Committee Favorably Reported
2010-03-30		House Second Readers
2010-03-26		House First Readers
2010-03-24		Senate Passed/Adopted
2010-03-24		Senate Third Read
2010-03-22		Senate Read Second Time
2010-03-18		Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2010-03-10		Senate Read and Referred

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/30399
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/sb470_As_introduced_LC_28_5092ER_2.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/sb470_Committee_sub_LC_21_0827S_4.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/sb470_As_passed_Senate_5.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/sb470_SB_470_APP_6.htm
Roll Call	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/votes/sv0622.htm