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Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB505

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Crimes and offenses; comprehensively revise 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 repeal certain Code sections; to provide for related matters; to amend Titles 15, 16, 17, 20, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, crimes and offenses, criminal procedure, education, and torts, respectively, to make conforming changes; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session

Last Action: House Second Readers

Last Action Date: February 22, 2021

Sponsors

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7 sponsors: Bee Nguyen (D); James Beverly (D); Carl Gilliard (D); William Boddie (D); Derrick Jackson (D); Renitta Shannon (D); Brian Strickland (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (7 of 180)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 22, 2021 House Second Readers
House Feb 18, 2021 House First Readers
House Feb 17, 2021 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

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