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Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation SB277

Legislation Overview

Title: Firearms; extend the exemptions from carry laws for court officials to include carrying inside of a courthouse

Description: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as extend the exemptions from weapons carry laws for certain court officials to include carrying inside of a courthouse; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session

Last Action: House Third Readers

Last Action Date: April 4, 2022

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

5 sponsors: Jeff Mullis (R); Tyler Harper (R); Chuck Hufstetler (R); Frank Ginn (R); Clint Crowe (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 9% (5 of 56)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Apr 4, 2022	House Third Readers
House	Apr 1, 2022	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
House	Feb 14, 2022	House Second Readers
House	Feb 11, 2022	House First Readers
Senate	Feb 10, 2022	Senate Passed/Adopted
Senate	Feb 10, 2022	Senate Third Read
Senate	Feb 3, 2022	Senate Read Second Time
Senate	Feb 2, 2022	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
Senate	Mar 3, 2021	Senate Read and Referred
Senate	Mar 2, 2021	Senate Hopper

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Comm Sub	not available	state link	bill text
Engrossed	not available	state link	bill text
Introduced	not available	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Passage: Senate Vote #494	02/10/2022	40	14	0	2	Yes
Albers, John (R) Yea Anavitarte, Jason (R) Yea Anderson, Lee (R) Yea Anderson, Tonya (D) Nay Au, Michelle (D) Nay Beach, Brandon (R) Yea Brass, Matt (R) Yea Burke, Dean (R) Yea Burns, Max (R) Yea Butler, Gloria (D) Nay Cowsert, Bill (R) Yea Davenport, Gail (D) Nay Dixon, Clint (R) Yea Dolezal, Greg (R) Yea Dugan, Michael (R) Yea Ginn, Frank (R) Yea Gooch, Steve (R) Absent Goodman, Russ (R) Yea Halpern, Sonya (D) Nay Harbin, Marty (R) Yea Harbison, Ed (D) Yea Harper, Tyler (R) Yea Harrell, Sally (D) Nay Hatchett, Bo (R) Yea Hickman, Billy (R) Yea Hufstetler, Chuck (R) Absent Jackson, Kim (D) Nay Jackson, Lester (D) Yea James, Donzella (D) Nay Jones, Burt (R) Yea Jones, Emanuel (D) Yea Jones, Harold (D) Yea Jordan, Jennifer (D) Yea Kennedy, John (R) Yea Kirkpatrick, Kay (R) Yea Lucas, David (D) Yea McNeill, Sheila (R) Yea Merritt, Nikki (D) Yea Miller, Butch (R) Yea Mullis, Jeff (R) Yea Orrock, Nan (D) Nay Parent, Elena (D) Nay Payne, Chuck (R) Yea Rahman, Sheikh (D) Yea Rhett, Michael (D) Nay Robertson, Randy (R) Yea Seay, Valencia (D) Nay Sims, Freddie (D) Nay Strickland, Brian (R) Yea Summers, Carden (R) Yea Tate, Horacena (D) Nay Thompson, Bruce (R) Yea Tillery, Blake (R) Yea Tippins, Lindsey (R) Yea Walker, Larry (R) Yea Watson, Ben (R) Yea
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Link: link to state bill page