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94 lines
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Order and Safety; clarify the judges and justices who are exempt; various weapon carry laws and prohibitions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to clarify the judges and Justices who are exempt from various weapons carry laws and prohibitions; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to provide for the issuance of personal identification cards to certain judges and Justices of the federal and state judiciary who are exempt from various weapons carry laws and prohibitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for fees; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "SB 332"
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citation: "Georgia SB 332 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Charlie Bethel", "Dean Burke", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Kirk", "JaNice VanNess", "Jesse Stone", "John Kennedy", "John Wilkinson", "Joshua McKoon", "Larry Walker, III", "Lindsey Tippins", "Michael Williams", "Mike Dugan", "P. K. Martin IV", "Rick Jeffares", "William Jackson", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-04"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2c6d24c-586f-49bb-bd41-de76789bd5ac"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c5696c1e43f3179e44377aa11e8910a979a7404c439202f20ca3092540bce919"
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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 SB 332 (2015_16) — Public Order and Safety; clarify the judges and justices who are exempt; various weapon carry laws and prohibitions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to clarify the judges and Justices who are exempt from various weapons carry laws and prohibitions; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to provide for the issuance of personal identification cards to certain judges and Justices of the federal and state judiciary who are exempt from various weapons carry laws and prohibitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for fees; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 41 0680** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156504.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159070.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 29 7029S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158601.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 0824S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160854.pdf)
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5. **SB 332/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162372.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-04** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 379 `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/c2c6d24c-586f-49bb-bd41-de76789bd5ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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