HR 1200: Secretary of State; continue to protect private and protected information contained in Georgia's voter registration list; urge

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked Georgia and other states for a full, unredacted voter registration list, including confidential personal details like dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers. Georgia's Secretary of State gave the Department of Justice a redacted list instead, citing a Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 21-2-225) that requires such personal information to stay confidential except in specific limited situations. The Department of Justice has kept pressing for the unredacted version. This resolution does not change any law. It states the House's position that turning over the unredacted list would violate Georgia's confidentiality statute, urges the Secretary of State to keep protecting that information and to continue any legal efforts resisting disclosure, and directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to the Secretary of State, the State Election Board, the President, the U.S. Attorney General, and the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

• States the House's belief that giving the Department of Justice an unredacted voter registration list would violate Georgia's voter confidentiality law (O.C.G.A. § 21-2-225).
• Urges the Secretary of State to keep protecting confidential voter registration information as that law requires.
• Urges the Secretary of State to maintain any legal actions opposing disclosure of the unredacted list to the Department of Justice.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to the Secretary of State, the State Election Board, the President, the U.S. Attorney General, and the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

Georgia's Secretary of State and the State Election Board, millions of registered Georgia voters whose personal information is at issue, and federal officials including the President, the U.S. Attorney General, and the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division.

The resolution signals the House's position in an ongoing dispute over whether Georgia must hand federal officials unredacted personal data on registered voters, including birth dates and partial Social Security numbers, which could affect how that data is protected or eventually shared.

• The resolved clauses declare it would violate Code Section 21-2-225 for the Secretary of State to give the Department of Justice an unredacted voter registration list.
• The resolution urges the Secretary of State to continue protecting confidential voter data and to keep pursuing legal action against disclosure.
• The final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies to named state and federal officials, including the President and U.S. Attorney General.

1. 2026-02-04House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-02-03House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-02-02House Hopper (House)

• Eric Gisler (D, HD-121)Primary sponsor
• Saira Draper (D, HD-090)
• Shea Roberts (D, HD-052)
• Long Tran (D, HD-080)
• Phil Olaleye (D, HD-059)
• Tanya Miller (D, HD-062)

• voter privacy
• election rules
• voter registration data
• Secretary of State
• Department of Justice