Passed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB292
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; laws relating to the carrying of weapons and safety; revise and clarify
Description: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16, Code Section 35-3-34, and Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses, resulting responsibility and liability of issuing center, and provision of certain information to the FBI in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and general provisions regarding torts, respectively, so as to provide for, revise, and clarify laws relating to the carrying of weapons and safety; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Session: 2017-2018 Regular Session
Last Action: Effective Date
Last Action Date: May 8, 2017
Sponsors
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7 sponsors: Rick Jasperse (R); John Meadows (R); Alan Powell (R); Mandi Ballinger (R); Vernon Jones (D); Heath Clark (R); Tyler Harper (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (7 of 180)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 8, 2017 | House Date Signed by Governor |
| May 8, 2017 | Effective Date | |
| May 8, 2017 | Act 217 | |
| House | Apr 5, 2017 | House Sent to Governor |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2017 | Senate Third Read |
| House | Mar 28, 2017 | House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2017 | Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2017 | Senate Engrossed |
| Senate | Mar 20, 2017 | Senate Read Second Time |
| Senate | Mar 20, 2017 | Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| House | Mar 3, 2017 | House Third Readers |
| Senate | Mar 3, 2017 | Senate Read and Referred |
| House | Mar 3, 2017 | House Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| House | Feb 28, 2017 | House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| House | Feb 10, 2017 | House Second Readers |
| House | Feb 9, 2017 | House First Readers |
| House | Feb 8, 2017 | House Hopper |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Enrolled | Mar 29, 2017 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Mar 20, 2017 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Mar 3, 2017 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 28, 2017 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Feb 8, 2017 | 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
House Vote #180
House Vote #364
Senate Vote #261
Senate Vote #251
Link: link to state bill page
