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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 handguns in certain manners by weapons carry license holders in certain buildings or on real property owned by or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 280"
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citation: "Georgia HB 280 (2017_18)"
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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", "Christian Coomer", "John Meadows", "Mandi Ballinger", "Rick Jasperse", "Vernon Jones"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-07"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18ce2485-184a-4633-b52a-8b9570e59c73"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "28686a395632af3e37c1c64f0ca5014278b188d8d3d127d52698d917cf8154b4"
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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 280 (2017_18) — 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 handguns in certain manners by weapons carry license holders in certain buildings or on real property owned by or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **108–63** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Christian Coomer — 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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- Vernon Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-07** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Insisted
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- **2017-03-30** House Insisted
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- **2017-03-30** House Conference Committee Appointed 23rd, 11th, 32nd
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 31st, 13th, 47th
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- **2017-03-30** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-04** Act 167 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/18ce2485-184a-4633-b52a-8b9570e59c73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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