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| Bill | Firearms; providing to person on probation as a felony first offender; make unlawful | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to make unlawful the knowing and intentional provision of any firearm for the purpose of providing such firearm to any person known to be on probation as a felony first offender or to have been convicted of a felony; to provide for criminal penalties; to clarify that affirmative confirmation by firearm provider is not required; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 657 | Georgia HB 657 (2017_18) |
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0 | 19 | 1 | 2017-12-13 | 2018-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/9c1666f9-212c-4dbb-8478-71b2bf6801bc | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 53a500f014130bac609d1f6b3abaa74638c3f5dacc4f64e8d27c1a2d69767b2a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 657 (2017_18) — Firearms; providing to person on probation as a felony first offender; make unlawful
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to make unlawful the knowing and intentional provision of any firearm for the purpose of providing such firearm to any person known to be on probation as a felony first offender or to have been convicted of a felony; to provide for criminal penalties; to clarify that affirmative confirmation by firearm provider is not required; 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 — 156–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Heath Clark — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-12-13 House Prefiled
introduction - 2018-01-10 House Hopper
- 2018-01-11 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2018-01-18 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-02-05 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-15 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-02-15 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2018-02-20 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-03-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-23 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-03-27 Senate Engrossed
passage - 2018-03-27 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- 2018-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2018-04-05 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-07 Act 413
executive-signature - 2018-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c1666f9-212c-4dbb-8478-71b2bf6801bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).