Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB505
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
