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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms by Convicted Felons and First Offender Probationers; each firearm in the possession or attempted possession of certain offenders shall be charged as a separate offense; specify"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-131 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to possession of firearms by convicted felons and first offender probationers, so as to specify that each firearm in the possession or attempted possession of certain offenders shall be charged as a separate offense; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 479"
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citation: "Georgia SB 479 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "Frank Ginn", "Jeff Mullis", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Russ Goodman", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-08"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4595dbf0-12f9-47c9-bf8e-63a8c2adfdcb"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c4d850a286a5b2ef7a38431249098daa072cc23d013d7d4ed807c1459127fb19"
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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 479 (2021_22) — Firearms by Convicted Felons and First Offender Probationers; each firearm in the possession or attempted possession of certain offenders shall be charged as a separate offense; specify
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-131 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to possession of firearms by convicted felons and first offender probationers, so as to specify that each firearm in the possession or attempted possession of certain offenders shall be charged as a separate offense; 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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1. **As introduced LC 48 0505-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205826.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207755.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 39 3261S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206844.pdf)
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4. **SB 479/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211832.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **43–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-08** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-29** House Third Reading Lost `failure, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-29** House Notice to Reconsider
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- **2022-03-30** House Reconsidered
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- **2022-04-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-04-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-04-25** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-25** Act 647 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/4595dbf0-12f9-47c9-bf8e-63a8c2adfdcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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