republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-319.md

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Bill	"Georgia Constitutional Carry Act of 2021"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation; to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to carrying and possession of firearms; to amend Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to transportation passenger safety; to amend Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to game and fish, so as to revise certain laws regarding the carrying of firearms; to amend Part 2 of Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to parking for persons with disabilities; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 319	Georgia SB 319 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Carden Summers Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Dean Burke Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Dugan Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Steve Gooch Tyler Harper	5	17	1	2021-03-29	2022-04-12	openstates	ocd-bill/44b35c3d-3a83-47b8-8ad2-30929de7dd96	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b80d6d7186a37009138817ad25ff8ae396df6d87f1846da0331b56c0707ea50d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 319 (2021_22) — "Georgia Constitutional Carry Act of 2021"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation; to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to carrying and possession of firearms; to amend Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to transportation passenger safety; to amend Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to game and fish, so as to revise certain laws regarding the carrying of firearms; to amend Part 2 of Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to parking for persons with disabilities; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As introduced LC 28 0017 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 AM 28 1879 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 3449S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 319/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 48th — 22–34 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-03-29 Senate Hopper
• 2022-01-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-03 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2022-02-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2022-02-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-03-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-30 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-30 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-30 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-04-01 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-12 Act 596 executive-signature
• 2022-04-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44b35c3d-3a83-47b8-8ad2-30929de7dd96. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).