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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms; laws relating to the carrying of weapons and safety; revise and clarify"
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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, Code Section 35-3-34, and Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses, resulting responsibility and liability of issuing center, and provision of certain information to the FBI in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and general provisions regarding torts, respectively, so as to provide for, revise, and clarify laws relating to the carrying of weapons and safety; 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 292"
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citation: "Georgia HB 292 (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", "Heath Clark", "John Meadows", "Mandi Ballinger", "Rick Jasperse", "Vernon Jones"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-08"
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last_action: "2017-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60cea050-c16c-456f-8d2b-8d01b492943e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7cfce3eda0370dda487148a4e2326922a671fa41b4efe829f1795e36e85975d7"
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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 292 (2017_18) — Firearms; laws relating to the carrying of weapons and safety; revise and clarify
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16, Code Section 35-3-34, and Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses, resulting responsibility and liability of issuing center, and provision of certain information to the FBI in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and general provisions regarding torts, respectively, so as to provide for, revise, and clarify laws relating to the carrying of weapons and safety; 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 — **127–48** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Heath Clark — 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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- **2017-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-28** 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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- **2017-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 217 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** 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/60cea050-c16c-456f-8d2b-8d01b492943e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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