Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB971
Legislation Overview
Title: Crimes and offenses; failure to store firearm in a secure manner; provide for offense
Description: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-5-24, Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16, and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the duties of the Administrative Office of the Courts, dangerous instrumentalities and practices, and the Department of Public Safety, respectively, so as to provide for the offenses of failure to store a firearm in a secure manner; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for exceptions; to require that a gun lock be furnished to the buyer in all retail firearm sales made by firearm dealers; to provide for related matters; 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: January 26, 2022
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Sandra Scott (D); James Beverly (D); Kim Schofield (D); Viola Davis (D); Donna McLeod (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (5 of 180)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 26, 2022 | House Second Readers |
| House | Jan 25, 2022 | House First Readers |
| House | Jan 24, 2022 | 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
