Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB161
Legislation Overview
Title: Pediatric Health Safe Storage Act; enact
Description: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to establish the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions and affirmative defenses; to provide for criminal penalties; to require a notice by certain firearm dealers; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Session: 2023-2024 Regular Session
Last Action: House Second Readers
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Sponsors
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6 sponsors: Michelle Au (D); Mary Oliver (D); Carl Gilliard (D); Yasmin Neal (D); Scott Holcomb (D); Omari Crawford (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (6 of 180)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 2, 2023 | House Second Readers |
| House | Feb 1, 2023 | House First Readers |
| House | Jan 31, 2023 | House Hopper |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | 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
