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| Bill | Weapons; reciprocity of recognizing and giving effect to licenses to carry from other states; revise requirements | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-126 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to having or carrying handguns, long guns, or other weapons, license requirement, exceptions for homes, motor vehicles, private property, and other locations and conditions, so as to revise the requirements for the reciprocity of recognizing and giving effect to licenses to carry from other states; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 406 | Georgia HB 406 (2017_18) |
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Georgia HB 406 (2017_18) — Weapons; reciprocity of recognizing and giving effect to licenses to carry from other states; revise requirements
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-126 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to having or carrying handguns, long guns, or other weapons, license requirement, exceptions for homes, motor vehicles, private property, and other locations and conditions, so as to revise the requirements for the reciprocity of recognizing and giving effect to licenses to carry from other states; 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 — 164–7 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Heath Clark — primary (person)
- J. Collins — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-16 House Hopper
- 2017-02-16 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-02-17 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
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
passage - 2017-04-03 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-04-05 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2017-04-05 Act 15
executive-signature - 2017-04-05 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3589a22d-8e0b-4604-a4da-69c26969c982. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).