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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes and offenses; discharging a gun or pistol near public highway or street; change provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to change provisions relating to discharging a gun or pistol near a public highway or street; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 773"
+citation: "Georgia HB 773 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Epps", "Jason Shaw", "Jay Roberts", "Robert Dickey", "Willie Talton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-01-17"
+last_action: "2014-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfb697ce-8575-4428-be1a-d7b6db30f243"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3275332a57100e17ce2ab9b8bb9fd64ee4cfce9aabf09a843f8346fe0958b3b5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 773 (2013_14) — Crimes and offenses; discharging a gun or pistol near public highway or street; change provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to change provisions relating to discharging a gun or pistol near a public highway or street; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 773/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144809.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 5782/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137619.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 5869S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139614.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 5869S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138939.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6017S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143522.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **153–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Epps — primary (person)
+- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
+- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+- Willie Talton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-01-17** House Hopper
+- **2014-01-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-06** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2014-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-15** Act 509 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-15** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfb697ce-8575-4428-be1a-d7b6db30f243`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+