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GA HB885
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/5/2020
Primary Sponsor
Jesse Petrea
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AI Summary
- Exempts Department of Corrections inmate files (excluding medical records) from classification as confidential state secrets when requested by the district attorney of the circuit where the inmate was sentenced for a serious violent felony or a dangerous sexual offense against a victim under 18 years of age
- Allows district attorneys to obtain these records specifically for the purpose of submitting information or filing written objections to proposed actions by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles under Code Section 42-9-43
- Requires the Commissioner of Corrections to furnish requested records created on or after January 31, 2010, upon receipt of a qualifying request from a district attorney
- Mandates that records obtained by district attorneys under this provision be held in confidence, remain exempt from open records disclosure, and subjects any person who divulges confidential state secrets to misdemeanor penalties upon conviction
- Adds "dangerous sexual offense" and "serious offense" to the defined terms in the statute, alongside the existing definition of "serious violent felony"
Legislative Description
Penal institutions; certain information within inmate files of the Department of Corrections shall not be classified as confidential state secrets when requested by the district attorney; provide
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/9/2020
Full Bill Text
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