HR1200: HR1200 Secretary of State; continue to protect private and protected information contained in Georgia's voter registration list; urge

The federal Department of Justice asked Georgia and other states last summer to hand over full voter registration lists, including unredacted personal information like dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers. Georgia's Secretary of State provided a redacted list instead, citing a state law (O.C.G.A. § 21-2-225) that requires such personal voter information to be kept confidential except in specific circumstances. The Department of Justice has continued pressing for the unredacted version and has said it may share any information it receives with other federal officials or private parties. This resolution does not change Georgia law. It states the House's position that turning over the unredacted list would violate Code Section 21-2-225, and it urges the Secretary of State to keep protecting the confidential information and to continue any legal efforts resisting disclosure. It directs the House Clerk to send copies 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 position that giving the Department of Justice an unredacted voter registration list would violate Georgia's confidentiality law (O.C.G.A. § 21-2-225).
• Urges the Secretary of State to continue protecting confidential voter registration information as required by that law.
• 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.
• Does not itself create, change, or repeal any law; it is a nonbinding expression of the House's position.

Georgia voters whose personal information (dates of birth, driver's license numbers, partial Social Security numbers) appears on the state's voter registration list, the Secretary of State's office, the State Election Board, and federal officials at the Department of Justice who requested the data.

If the Secretary of State ultimately released the unredacted list, millions of Georgians' personal identifying information could be shared with federal officials outside election enforcement or even private parties. This resolution signals House support for continued refusal, though it carries no legal force of its own.

• The whereas clauses describe the National Voter Registration Act and Help America Vote Act, which require states to collect personal voter data.
• They note that O.C.G.A. § 21-2-225 keeps that personal data confidential except in defined circumstances tied to voter roll maintenance.
• They state that Georgia's Secretary of State gave the Department of Justice a redacted list, but the Department has kept demanding an unredacted one.
• They note the Department of Justice may share received data with other federal officials or private third parties.
• They note Georgia's Secretary of State joined officials from Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Washington, and Washington, D.C. in refusing disclosure.
• The resolved clauses declare that disclosure would violate O.C.G.A. § 21-2-225, urge continued protection of the data, and direct distribution of the resolution to named officials.

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 registration privacy
• election security
• Georgia Secretary of State
• Department of Justice request
• voting rights