2025-2026 Regular Session

HB1270

Criminal procedure; installation and use of mobile tracking devices by law enforcement; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to searches with warrants, so as to provide for the installation and use of mobile tracking devices by law enforcement; to provide a procedure for obtaining court authorization for such installation and use; to provide for the scope of such installation and use; to provide for legal standards; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil
Last status date: February 12, 2026
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Judiciary - Non-Civil
Author: Bill Hitchens
Co-sponsors: Clint Crowe Lauren McDonald Eddie Lumsden William Werkheiser

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Committee referrals

February 11, 2026 · House

Judiciary - Non-Civil

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 12, 2026
House House Second Readers
February 11, 2026
House House First Readers
February 10, 2026
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2113607
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB1270.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00