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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms; providing to person on probation as a felony first offender; make unlawful"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to make unlawful the knowing and intentional provision of any firearm for the purpose of providing such firearm to any person known to be on probation as a felony first offender or to have been convicted of a felony; to provide for criminal penalties; to clarify that affirmative confirmation by firearm provider is not required; 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 657"
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citation: "Georgia HB 657 (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", "Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "Heath Clark", "Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-12-13"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c1666f9-212c-4dbb-8478-71b2bf6801bc"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "53a500f014130bac609d1f6b3abaa74638c3f5dacc4f64e8d27c1a2d69767b2a"
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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 657 (2017_18) — Firearms; providing to person on probation as a felony first offender; make unlawful
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to make unlawful the knowing and intentional provision of any firearm for the purpose of providing such firearm to any person known to be on probation as a felony first offender or to have been convicted of a felony; to provide for criminal penalties; to clarify that affirmative confirmation by firearm provider is not required; 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 — **156–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
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- Heath Clark — primary (person)
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- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-12-13** House Prefiled `introduction`
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- **2018-01-10** House Hopper
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- **2018-01-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-07** Act 413 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/9c1666f9-212c-4dbb-8478-71b2bf6801bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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