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Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB543

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Georgia Constitutional Carry Act of 2015; enact

Description: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 12, Title 16, Title 27, and Part 2 of Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation, crimes and offenses, game and fish, and parking for persons with disabilities, respectively, so as to change provisions relating to the weapons carry license and the carrying of weapons; to provide for the carrying of weapons by certain persons and in certain places without a licensing requirement; to provide for definitions; to render it a voluntary and administrative action for certain persons to seek issuance of a weapons carry license for the lawful carrying of a weapon; to provide for a short title; to provide for findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Session: 2015-2016 Regular Session

Last Action: House Second Readers

Last Action Date: March 5, 2015

Sponsors

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6 sponsors: Heath Clark; Micah Gravley; Steve Tarvin; David Clark; Michael Caldwell; David Stover;

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (6 of 180)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Mar 5, 2015 House Second Readers
House Mar 4, 2015 House First Readers
House Mar 3, 2015 House Hopper
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Mar 3, 2015 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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