Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB1046
Legislation Overview
Title: Crimes and offenses; person has right to use deadly force against law enforcement officers who attempt violent entry into home without first knocking and announcing identity and purpose; provide
Description: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to justification and excuse, so as to provide that a person has the right to use deadly force against law enforcement officers who attempt violent entry into such person's home without first knocking and announcing their identity and purpose; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to searches with warrants, so as to change provisions relating to issuance of search warrants by judicial officers; to provide that no-knock warrants shall not be issued in this state except under limited circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Session: 2013-2014 Regular Session
Last Action: House Second Readers
Last Action Date: February 24, 2014
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Sam Moore
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 180)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 24, 2014 | House Second Readers |
| House | Feb 21, 2014 | House First Readers |
| House | Feb 20, 2014 | House Hopper |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 20, 2014 | 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
