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Bill	Public Order and Safety; clarify the judges and justices who are exempt; various weapon carry laws and prohibitions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to clarify the judges and Justices who are exempt from various weapons carry laws and prohibitions; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to provide for the issuance of personal identification cards to certain judges and Justices of the federal and state judiciary who are exempt from various weapons carry laws and prohibitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for fees; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 332	Georgia SB 332 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Charlie Bethel Dean Burke Frank Ginn Greg Kirk JaNice VanNess Jesse Stone John Kennedy John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Larry Walker, III Lindsey Tippins Michael Williams Mike Dugan P. K. Martin IV Rick Jeffares William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	5	16	1	2016-02-04	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c2c6d24c-586f-49bb-bd41-de76789bd5ac	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c5696c1e43f3179e44377aa11e8910a979a7404c439202f20ca3092540bce919	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 332 (2015_16) — Public Order and Safety; clarify the judges and justices who are exempt; various weapon carry laws and prohibitions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to clarify the judges and Justices who are exempt from various weapons carry laws and prohibitions; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to provide for the issuance of personal identification cards to certain judges and Justices of the federal and state judiciary who are exempt from various weapons carry laws and prohibitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for fees; 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. As introduced LC 41 0680 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 29 7029S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 0824S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 332/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-04 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-22 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 379 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2c6d24c-586f-49bb-bd41-de76789bd5ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).