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type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; carrying in unauthorized locations; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order and safety, so as to revise provisions regarding carrying in unauthorized locations; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, relating to the inspection of public records, so as to provide for the disclosure of records relating to licensing and possession of firearms between the judges of the probate court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 492"
citation: "Georgia HB 492 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Dustin Hightower", "Jay Roberts", "John Meadows", "Mandi Ballinger", "Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f35ad8d9-b5a8-48f1-a3be-67aace5932b8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c2e24a3bc6d466a6a3354007645d94ba7463c18393666b42842ddb4bba8907b8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 492 (2015_16) — Crimes and offenses; carrying in unauthorized locations; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order and safety, so as to revise provisions regarding carrying in unauthorized locations; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, relating to the inspection of public records, so as to provide for the disclosure of records relating to licensing and possession of firearms between the judges of the probate court; 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.
1. **HB 492/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153554.pdf)
2. **LC 41 0433/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149279.pdf)
3. **LC 41 0470S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150562.pdf)
4. **LC 41 0470S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149980.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 0508S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152502.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **153–3** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
- John Meadows — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-25** House Hopper
- **2015-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 100 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f35ad8d9-b5a8-48f1-a3be-67aace5932b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).