Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB1190
Legislation Overview
Title: Crimes and offenses; comprehensively revise the law regarding justification and use of force
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 comprehensively revise the law regarding justification and the use of force; to provide for certain investigations and reports in certain circumstances; to amend Titles 15, 16, 17, 20, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, crimes and offense, criminal procedure, education, and torts, respectively, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Session: 2019-2020 Regular Session
Last Action: House Second Readers
Last Action Date: June 17, 2020
Sponsors
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6 sponsors: Bee Nguyen (D); Renitta Shannon (D); William Boddie (D); El-Mahdi Holly (D); Carolyn Hugley (D); Derrick Jackson (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (6 of 180)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jun 17, 2020 | House Second Readers |
| House | Jun 16, 2020 | House First Readers |
| House | Jun 15, 2020 | House Hopper |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jun 15, 2020 | 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
