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76 lines
3.6 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and Offenses; weapons carry license; add to the category of former law enforcement officers"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-129 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to weapons carry license, temporary renewal permit, mandamus, and verification of license, so as to add to the category of former law enforcement officers who are entitled to be issued a weapons carry license without the payment of certain fees; to provide conditions; 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: "SB 15"
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citation: "Georgia SB 15 (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: ["Butch Miller", "Harold Jones II", "Jeff Mullis", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Steve Henson", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d5e31ff-e41e-434b-bc90-af1891ac0adc"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "dae4037f9aac7c99bbcab82c9d2350fcbeabd0f94a08ce12137ea1f17cea4860"
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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 15 (2017_18) — Crimes and Offenses; weapons carry license; add to the category of former law enforcement officers
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-129 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to weapons carry license, temporary renewal permit, mandamus, and verification of license, so as to add to the category of former law enforcement officers who are entitled to be issued a weapons carry license without the payment of certain fees; to provide conditions; 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 BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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- Steve Henson — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-01-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 199 `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/4d5e31ff-e41e-434b-bc90-af1891ac0adc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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