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4.9 KiB
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81 lines
4.9 KiB
Markdown
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 10 and 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commerce and trade and crimes and offenses respectively, so as to provide for protections of persons who own, purchase, or engage in the business of selling firearms; to prohibit financial institutions from requiring the use of a firearms code that distinguishes firearms retailers from other retailers; to prohibit discrimination against firearms retailers by financial institutions through the use of a firearms code; to prohibit the disclosure of certain financial records by financial institutions; to provide for petitions to the Attorney General to investigate alleged violations; to prohibit persons or government entities from keeping registries of firearms or owners of firearms; to provide for construction; to provide definitions; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 1018"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1018 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James Burchett", "Jason Ridley", "Jordan Ridley", "Martin Momtahan", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Trey Rhodes"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-24"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c44c88f-927e-4310-b3d9-3844306ef737"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "05ad3e01594dc5a57b6c180a37fd9875a6429f8fe881cb50eace408eeb0daff2"
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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 1018 (2023_24) — Georgia Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 10 and 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commerce and trade and crimes and offenses respectively, so as to provide for protections of persons who own, purchase, or engage in the business of selling firearms; to prohibit financial institutions from requiring the use of a firearms code that distinguishes firearms retailers from other retailers; to prohibit discrimination against firearms retailers by financial institutions through the use of a firearms code; to prohibit the disclosure of certain financial records by financial institutions; to provide for petitions to the Attorney General to investigate alleged violations; to prohibit persons or government entities from keeping registries of firearms or owners of firearms; to provide for construction; to provide definitions; 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. **HB 1018/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228871.pdf)
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2. **LC 55 0161/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221708.pdf)
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3. **LC 55 0207S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225899.pdf)
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4. **LC 55 0207S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223534.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #777 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **33–19** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #581 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **106–60** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- James Burchett — primary (person)
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- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
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- Jordan Ridley — primary (person)
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- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
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- Noel Williams, Jr. — 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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- **2024-01-24** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Act 403 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/9c44c88f-927e-4310-b3d9-3844306ef737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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