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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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0 | 23 | 1 | 2017-02-07 | 2017-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/18ce2485-184a-4633-b52a-8b9570e59c73 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 28686a395632af3e37c1c64f0ca5014278b188d8d3d127d52698d917cf8154b4 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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 — 108–63 (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).