Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB731
Legislation Overview
Title: Crimes and offenses; certain assault weapons; prohibit possession and sale
Description: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to prohibit the possession, sale, transport, distribution, or use of certain assault weapons, large capacity magazines, armor-piercing bullets, and incendiary .50 caliber bullets; to provide for crimes involving the possession, sale, transport, distribution, or use of certain assault weapons, large capacity magazines, armor-piercing bullets, and incendiary .50 caliber bullets; to provide for criminal penalties; to designate certain weaponry and ammunition as contraband and to require seizure of such by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Session: 2015-2016 Regular Session
Last Action: House Second Readers
Last Action Date: January 13, 2016
Sponsors
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6 sponsors: Mary Oliver; Stacey Abrams; Carolyn Hugley; Patricia Gardner; Dar'shun Kendrick; Dee Dawkins-Haigler;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (6 of 180)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 13, 2016 | House Second Readers |
| House | Jan 12, 2016 | House First Readers |
| House | Jan 11, 2016 | House Hopper |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 11, 2016 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
