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75 lines
4.3 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Emergency management; homeland security division; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to establish the homeland security division of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the O.C.G.A., relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to authorize any officer or agent or retired officer or agent of such division to carry a handgun on or off duty within this state with an exception; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to revise the duties of the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation pertaining to the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; to revise the duties of the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; 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 779"
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citation: "Georgia HB 779 (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", "Rick Jasperse", "Terry Rogers", "Trey Rhodes"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-30"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e56b175c-fc7f-4915-a39e-9406a2c7e8e5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "76ba866198a4c899a1fdd3bfab9196aad7b23e779aa34140f0cdf1ea610df7d8"
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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 779 (2017_18) — Emergency management; homeland security division; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to establish the homeland security division of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the O.C.G.A., relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to authorize any officer or agent or retired officer or agent of such division to carry a handgun on or off duty within this state with an exception; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to revise the duties of the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation pertaining to the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; to revise the duties of the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center; 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 — **169–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-30** House Hopper
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- **2018-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate 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 435 `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/e56b175c-fc7f-4915-a39e-9406a2c7e8e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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