republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-792.md

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Bill	Firearms; carrying, possession, and use of electroshock weapons by persons who are students or who are employed at a public institution; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to authorize the carrying, possession, and use of electroshock weapons by persons who are students or who are employed at a public institution of postsecondary education; to provide for a definition; to provide for conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 792	Georgia HB 792 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	B.J. Pak Buzz Brockway Kevin Cooke Mandi Ballinger Regina Quick Stephen Allison	5	17	1	2016-01-20	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4cb14cea-6bc9-490e-808f-9608e15aec93	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a1d7fabc23282cc405b0398ed3c3ae539e6877a6915ca5d5bb7637eecbf2d488	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 792 (2015_16) — Firearms; carrying, possession, and use of electroshock weapons by persons who are students or who are employed at a public institution; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to authorize the carrying, possession, and use of electroshock weapons by persons who are students or who are employed at a public institution of postsecondary education; to provide for a definition; to provide for conditions; to provide for related matters; 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 792/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 0604/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 0730S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 0730S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 41 0796S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 117–46 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B.J. Pak — primary (person)
• Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
• Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Regina Quick — primary (person)
• Stephen Allison — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-01-20 House Hopper
• 2016-01-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 616 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4cb14cea-6bc9-490e-808f-9608e15aec93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).