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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms; license holders; carrying and possession of certain weapons in certain buildings or real property owned or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; 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 and possession of certain weapons by weapons carry license holders in or on certain buildings or real property owned by or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; 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 859"
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citation: "Georgia HB 859 (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: ["Alan Powell", "Dustin Hightower", "John Meadows", "Mandi Ballinger", "Rick Jasperse", "Trey Kelley"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-27"
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last_action: "2016-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e62ceaac-8c08-477e-9032-b7028b3fe743"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "47e768599b82e1b7215ea5131755147789a6ea351732b5d2a8bb883b93f71420"
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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 859 (2015_16) — Firearms; license holders; carrying and possession of certain weapons in certain buildings or real property owned or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; 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 and possession of certain weapons by weapons carry license holders in or on certain buildings or real property owned by or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; 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 859/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160403.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 0577/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155795.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 0729S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158325.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 0729S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157660.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **113–59** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
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- John Meadows — primary (person)
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- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-27** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-01** 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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- **2016-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-28** 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** Veto V9 `executive-signature`
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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/e62ceaac-8c08-477e-9032-b7028b3fe743`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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