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GA HB641
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/21/2019
Primary Sponsor
Eddie Lumsden
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AI Summary
- Grants the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) explicit authority to identify and investigate violations of the "Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act" (Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 16), adding this as a new enumerated power and duty of the bureau
- Authorizes the GBI director, assistant director, or deputy director for investigations to issue subpoenas—with consent of the Attorney General, district attorney, or other prosecuting attorney—to compel production of electronic or remote communication service subscriber records during computer crime investigations
- Subpoenaed subscriber records include name, address, telephone connection records, session times and durations, length and type of service, subscriber numbers (including temporary network addresses), and payment information, but explicitly exclude the contents of communications
- Prohibits electronic communication or remote computing service providers from notifying the subscriber or customer about the subpoena
- Allows the GBI, through the Attorney General or district attorney, to seek a superior court order compelling compliance with a subpoena, with failure to comply punishable as contempt of court; subjects of the subpoena may challenge it on constitutional or other legal grounds
Legislative Description
Georgia Bureau of Investigation; grant powers and duties to identify and investigate violations of the Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act and other computer crimes
Last Action
House Postponed
3/10/2020
Full Bill Text
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