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| Bill | Emergency management; homeland security division; provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to establish the homeland security division of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the O.C.G.A., relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to authorize any officer or agent or retired officer or agent of such division to carry a handgun on or off duty within this state with an exception; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to revise the duties of the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation pertaining to the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; to revise the duties of the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 779 | Georgia HB 779 (2017_18) |
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Georgia HB 779 (2017_18) — Emergency management; homeland security division; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to establish the homeland security division of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the O.C.G.A., relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to authorize any officer or agent or retired officer or agent of such division to carry a handgun on or off duty within this state with an exception; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to revise the duties of the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation pertaining to the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; to revise the duties of the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; 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 — 169–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-01-30 House Hopper
- 2018-01-31 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2018-02-01 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-02-23 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-28 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-02-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-01 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-19 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-03-21 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-29 House Agreed Senate 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 435
executive-signature - 2018-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e56b175c-fc7f-4915-a39e-9406a2c7e8e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).