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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms; carrying, possession, and use of electroshock weapons by persons who are students or who are employed at a public institution; authorize"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to authorize the carrying, possession, and use of electroshock weapons by persons who are students or who are employed at a public institution of postsecondary education; to provide for a definition; to provide for conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 792"
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citation: "Georgia HB 792 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B.J. Pak", "Buzz Brockway", "Kevin Cooke", "Mandi Ballinger", "Regina Quick", "Stephen Allison"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-20"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cb14cea-6bc9-490e-808f-9608e15aec93"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a1d7fabc23282cc405b0398ed3c3ae539e6877a6915ca5d5bb7637eecbf2d488"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 792 (2015_16) — Firearms; carrying, possession, and use of electroshock weapons by persons who are students or who are employed at a public institution; authorize
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to authorize the carrying, possession, and use of electroshock weapons by persons who are students or who are employed at a public institution of postsecondary education; to provide for a definition; to provide for conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 792/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162266.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 0604/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154870.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 0730S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158483.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 0730S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157658.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 0796S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159844.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **117–46** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- B.J. Pak — primary (person)
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- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
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- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
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- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
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- Regina Quick — primary (person)
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- Stephen Allison — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-20** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 616 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cb14cea-6bc9-490e-808f-9608e15aec93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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