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Bill Firearms; license holders; carrying and possession of certain weapons in certain buildings or real property owned or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; 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 and possession of handguns in certain manners by weapons carry license holders in certain buildings or on real property owned by or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 HB 280 Georgia HB 280 (2017_18)
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Christian Coomer
John Meadows
Mandi Ballinger
Rick Jasperse
Vernon Jones
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Georgia HB 280 (2017_18) — Firearms; license holders; carrying and possession of certain weapons in certain buildings or real property owned or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; 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 and possession of handguns in certain manners by weapons carry license holders in certain buildings or on real property owned by or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; 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.

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 10863 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Alan Powell — primary (person)
  • Christian Coomer — primary (person)
  • John Meadows — primary (person)
  • Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
  • Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
  • Vernon Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-07 House Hopper
  • 2017-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2017-02-09 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2017-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2017-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2017-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2017-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2017-03-28 Senate Engrossed passage
  • 2017-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2017-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2017-03-30 House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2017-03-30 Senate Insisted
  • 2017-03-30 House Insisted
  • 2017-03-30 House Conference Committee Appointed 23rd, 11th, 32nd
  • 2017-03-30 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 31st, 13th, 47th
  • 2017-03-30 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
  • 2017-03-30 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
  • 2017-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2017-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2017-05-04 Act 167 executive-signature
  • 2017-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18ce2485-184a-4633-b52a-8b9570e59c73. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).