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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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Bill Hitchens
Carl Gilliard
Heath Clark
Jesse Petrea
Ron Stephens
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 — 1563 (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).