Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB859
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; license holders; carrying and possession of certain weapons in certain buildings or real property owned or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; authorize
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 to authorize the carrying and possession of certain weapons by weapons carry license holders in or on certain buildings or real property owned by or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Session: 2015-2016 Regular Session
Last Action: Veto V9
Last Action Date: May 3, 2016
Sponsors
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7 sponsors: Rick Jasperse; Mandi Ballinger; John Meadows; Alan Powell; Dustin Hightower; Trey Kelley; Jesse Stone;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (7 of 180)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 3, 2016 | House Date Signed by Governor |
| May 3, 2016 | Veto V9 | |
| House | Mar 28, 2016 | House Sent to Governor |
| Senate | Mar 11, 2016 | Senate Passed/Adopted |
| Senate | Mar 11, 2016 | Senate Third Read |
| Senate | Mar 11, 2016 | Senate Engrossed |
| Senate | Mar 10, 2016 | Senate Read Second Time |
| Senate | Mar 8, 2016 | Senate Committee Favorably Reported |
| Senate | Feb 23, 2016 | Senate Read and Referred |
| House | Feb 22, 2016 | House Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| House | Feb 22, 2016 | House Third Readers |
| House | Feb 17, 2016 | House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| House | Feb 1, 2016 | House Second Readers |
| House | Jan 28, 2016 | House First Readers |
| House | Jan 27, 2016 | House Hopper |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Enrolled | Mar 14, 2016 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 22, 2016 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 17, 2016 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 27, 2016 | 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
House Vote #579
Senate Vote #584
Senate Vote #577
Link: link to state bill page
