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| Bill | Firearms; laws relating to the carrying of weapons and safety; revise and clarify | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16, Code Section 35-3-34, and Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses, resulting responsibility and liability of issuing center, and provision of certain information to the FBI in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and general provisions regarding torts, respectively, so as to provide for, revise, and clarify laws relating to the carrying of weapons and safety; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 292 | Georgia HB 292 (2017_18) |
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Georgia HB 292 (2017_18) — Firearms; laws relating to the carrying of weapons and safety; revise and clarify
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16, Code Section 35-3-34, and Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses, resulting responsibility and liability of issuing center, and provision of certain information to the FBI in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and general provisions regarding torts, respectively, so as to provide for, revise, and clarify laws relating to the carrying of weapons and safety; 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 — 127–48 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Heath Clark — 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.
- 2017-02-08 House Hopper
- 2017-02-09 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-02-10 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2017-02-28 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 - 2017-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2017-04-05 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-05-08 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2017-05-08 Act 217
executive-signature - 2017-05-08 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60cea050-c16c-456f-8d2b-8d01b492943e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).