Senate Bill 45 brings the state a step closer to finally curtailing the lewd practice, after the state Court of Appeals found last year that there was no specific law in Georgia that banned upskirting and that decades-old laws being used to prosecute such cases simply did not envision criminal acts committed with modern technology.

Sponsored by state Sen. Larry Walker III, R-Perry, the bill would make upskirting a felony, with those convicted of the crime facing up to five years in jail and a fine of up to $100,000.