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Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation SB259

Legislation Overview

Title: Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices; firearms and the carrying and possession of firearms and weapons; revise various laws

Description: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to revise various laws pertaining to firearms and the carrying and possession of firearms and other weapons; to revise data base prohibition; to provide for a definition; to provide for causes of action; to provide for a preemption for the discharge of firearms under certain circumstances; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of property seized, so as to revise requirements for the disposition of firearms in custody of law enforcement agencies; to provide for causes of action; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session

Last Action: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute

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); Steve Gooch (R); Butch Miller (R); Tyler Harper (R); Alan Powell (R);

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

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Apr 4, 2022	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
House	Apr 4, 2022	House Third Readers
House	Apr 1, 2022	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
House	Mar 29, 2022	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
House	Mar 25, 2022	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
House	Mar 3, 2022	House Second Readers
House	Mar 1, 2022	House First Readers
Senate	Feb 28, 2022	Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended
Senate	Feb 28, 2022	Senate Third Read
Senate	Feb 3, 2022	Senate Read Second Time
Senate	Feb 2, 2022	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
Senate	Feb 26, 2021	Senate Read and Referred
Senate	Feb 25, 2021	Senate Hopper

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Comm Sub	not available	state link	bill 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
House Floor Amendment	Floor amend 1 AM 39 0323	Nov 30, -0001	State Link	amendment text	No

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Passage As Amended: Senate Vote #563	02/28/2022	33	20	1	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) Yea Goodman, Russ (R) Yea Halpern, Sonya (D) Nay Harbin, Marty (R) Yea Harbison, Ed (D) Absent Harper, Tyler (R) Yea Harrell, Sally (D) Nay Hatchett, Bo (R) Yea Hickman, Billy (R) Yea Hufstetler, Chuck (R) Yea Jackson, Kim (D) Nay Jackson, Lester (D) Nay James, Donzella (D) Nay Jones, Burt (R) Yea Jones, Emanuel (D) Nay Jones, Harold (D) Nay Jordan, Jennifer (D) Nay Kennedy, John (R) Yea Kirkpatrick, Kay (R) Yea Lucas, David (D) Nay McNeill, Sheila (R) Yea Merritt, Nikki (D) Nay Miller, Butch (R) Yea Mullis, Jeff (R) Yea Orrock, Nan (D) Nay Parent, Elena (D) Nay Payne, Chuck (R) Yea Rahman, Sheikh (D) Nay Rhett, Michael (D) Nay Robertson, Randy (R) NV Seay, Valencia (D) Nay Sims, Freddie (D) Absent 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
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Passage: House Vote #895	04/4/2022	94	67	5	13	Yes
Alexander, Kimberly (D) Nay Allen, Erick (D) Nay Anderson, Victor (R) Yea Anulewicz, Teri (D) Nay Ballinger, Mandi (R) Yea Barr, Timothy (R) Yea Barton, Matt (R) Yea Bazemore, Debra (D) Nay Belton, DC (R) Yea Bennett, Karen (D) NV Bentley, Patty (D) Absent Benton, Tommy (R) Yea Beverly, James (D) Nay Blackmon, Shaw (R) Yea Boddie, William (D) Nay Bonner, Josh (R) Yea Bruce, Roger (D) Nay Buckner, Debbie (D) Yea Burchett, James (R) Yea Burnough, Rhonda (D) Nay Burns, Jon (R) Absent Byrd, Charlice (R) Yea Cameron, Mike (R) Yea Camp, Beth (R) Yea Campbell, Joe (R) Yea Cannon, Park (D) Nay Cantrell, Wesley (R) Yea Carpenter, Kasey (R) Yea Carson, John (R) Yea Carter, Doreen (D) Nay Cheokas, Mike (R) Yea Clark, David (R) Absent Clark, Heath (R) Yea Clark, Jasmine (D) Nay Collins, J (R) Yea Cooper, Sharon (R) Yea Corbett, John (R) Yea Crowe, Clinton (R) Yea Davis, Viola (D) Nay DeLoach, Homer (R) Yea Dempsey, Katie (R) Yea Dickey, Robert (R) Yea Douglas, Demetrius (D) Nay Drenner, Karla (D) Nay Dreyer, David (D) Nay Dubnik, Matt (R) Yea Dukes, Winfred (D) Nay Dunahoo, Emory (R) NV Efstration, Chuck (R) Yea Ehrhart, Ginny (R) Yea England, Terry (R) Yea Erwin, Chris (R) Yea Evans, Becky (D) Nay Evans, Stacey (D) Nay Fleming, Barry (R) Yea Frazier, Gloria (D) Nay Frye, Spencer (D) Nay Gaines, Houston (R) Yea Gambill, Matthew (R) Yea Gilliard, Carl (D) Nay Gilligan, Sheri (R) Yea Glanton, Mike (D) Absent Gravley, Micah (R) Yea Greene, Gerald (R) Yea Gullett, Joseph (R) Yea Gunter, Stan (R) Yea Hagan, Leesa (R) Yea Hatchett, James (R) Yea Hawkins, Lee (R) Yea Henderson, Sharon (D) Nay Hill, Dewayne (R) Yea Hitchens, Bill (R) Yea Hogan, Don (R) Yea Holcomb, Scott (D) Nay Holland, Betsy (D) Nay Holly, El-Mahdi (D) Nay Holmes, Susan (R) Absent Hopson, CaMia (D) Nay Houston, Penny (R) Yea Howard, Henry (D) Nay Hugley, Carolyn (D) Nay Hutchinson, Shelly (D) Nay Jackson, Derrick (D) Nay Jackson, Edna (D) Nay Jackson, Mack (D) Nay Jasperse, Rick (R) Yea Jenkins, David (R) Yea Jones, Jan (R) Absent Jones, Sheila (D) Nay Jones, Todd (R) Yea Kausche, Angelika (D) Nay Kelley, Trey (R) Yea Kendrick, Dar'shun (D) Nay Kennard, Gregg (D) NV Kirby, Tom (R) Yea Knight, David (R) Yea LaHood, John (R) Yea Lariccia, Dominic (R) Yea Leverett, Rob (R) Yea Lewis-Ward, Regina (D) Nay Lim, Marvin (D) Nay Lopez, Zulma (D) Nay Lott, Jodi (R) Yea Lumsden, Eddie (R) Yea Mainor, Mesha (D) Nay Mallow, Derek (D) Nay Marin, Pedro (D) Absent Martin, Charles (R) Absent Mathiak, Karen (R) Yea Mathis, Danny (R) Yea McClain, Dewey (D) Nay McDonald, Lauren (R) Yea McLaurin, Josh (D) Nay McLeod, Donna (D) Nay Meeks, Steven (R) Yea Metze, Marie (D) Absent Mitchell, Billy (D) Nay Mitchell, Rebecca (D) Nay Momtahan, Martin (R) Yea Moore, Angela (D) Nay Moore, Beth (D) Nay Neal, Yasmin (D) Nay Nelson, Sheila (D) Absent Newton, Mark (R) Yea Nguyen, Bee (D) Nay Nix, Randy (R) Yea Oliver, Mary (D) Nay Paris, Miriam (D) Nay Park, Samuel (D) Nay Parrish, Butch (R) Yea Parsons, Don (R) Yea Petrea, Jesse (R) Yea Pirkle, Clay (R) Yea Powell, Alan (R) Yea Prince, Brian (D) Nay Pruitt, Robert (R) Yea Ralston, David (R) NV Rhodes, Trey (R) Yea Rich, Bonnie (R) Absent Ridley, Jason (R) Yea Roberts, Shea (D) Nay Robichaux, Mary (D) Nay Sainz, Steven (R) Yea Schofield, Kim (D) Nay Scoggins, Mitchell (R) NV Scott, Sandra (D) Nay Seabaugh, Devan (R) Yea Setzler, Ed (R) Yea Shannon, Renitta (D) Nay Sharper, Dexter (D) Absent Singleton, Philip (R) Yea Smith, Lynn (R) Yea Smith, Michael (D) Nay Smith, Richard (R) Yea Smith, Tyler (R) Yea Smith, Vance (R) Yea Smyre, Calvin (D) Nay Stephens, Ron (R) Yea Tankersley, Jan (R) Yea Tarvin, Steve (R) Yea Taylor, Darlene (R) Yea Taylor, Rhonda (D) Nay Thomas, Brad (R) Yea Thomas, Erica (D) Nay Thomas, Mandisha (D) Nay Wade, Will (R) Yea Washburn, Dale (R) Yea Watson, Sam (R) Yea Werkheiser, William (R) Yea Wiedower, Marcus (R) Yea Wilensky, Michael (D) Absent Wilkerson, David (D) Nay Williams, Al (D) Nay Williams, Mary (D) Nay Williams, Noel (R) Yea Williams, Ricky (R) Yea Williamson, Hugh (R) Yea Wilson, Matthew (D) Nay Yearta, Bill (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page