Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation SB214
Legislation Overview
Title: Governor's Emergency Powers; matters pertaining to firearms and other weapons; restrict use of emergency powers
Description: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Governor's emergency powers, so as to restrict the use of emergency powers on matters pertaining to firearms and other weapons; to provide for definitions; to provide for a cause of action; to provide for the recovery of damages; provide for the suspension of statutory speedy trial requirements when compliance with such statutory speedy trial requirements becomes impracticable following a judicial emergency; to provide for applicable circumstances; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 21 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state tort claims, so as to waive sovereign immunity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Senate Recommitted
Last Action Date: January 10, 2022
Sponsors
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15 sponsors: Tyler Harper (R); Bo Hatchett (R); John Albers (R); Jeff Mullis (R); Randy Robertson (R); Russ Goodman (R); Steve Gooch (R); Jason Anavitarte (R); Max Burns (R); Marty Harbin (R); John Kennedy (R); Michael Dugan (R); Larry Walker (R); Carden Summers (R); Blake Tillery (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 27% (15 of 56)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2022 | Senate Recommitted |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2022 | Senate Taken from Table |
| Senate | Mar 8, 2021 | Senate Tabled |
| Senate | Mar 1, 2021 | Senate Read Second Time |
| Senate | Feb 26, 2021 | Senate Committee Favorably Reported |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2021 | Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2021 | Senate Read and Referred |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2021 | Senate 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
