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Panel advances bill to remove booking photos from pay-for-access websites
Summary
Representative Kim Schofield’s House Bill 10, which would prohibit pay-for-access mugshot websites from publishing booking photos of people not convicted, was passed unanimously out of committee with a media carve-out for press purposes.
The Georgia House Judiciary Committee on March 6, 2025, passed House Bill 10, a measure to prohibit pay-for-access websites from publishing booking photos (mugshots) of individuals who have not been convicted of a crime.
Representative Kim Schofield presented the bill, saying it removes booking photos from pay-for-service websites so that “people who have not been convicted, their websites don't remain online.” The bill includes a carve-out to permit dissemination of photos for legitimate news reporting, which Schofield cited as important for high-profile cases.
Members had no further questions and passed the bill by voice vote; the chair said the measure was sent to the rules committee. The committee did not record individual roll-call votes in the transcript.
