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title: SB 632. Weapons Carry Licenses; certain Code sections regarding the carry of weapons; provide an exception
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cite_as: SB 632, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.)
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date: 2026-03-27
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bill_number: SB 632
session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
session_slug: 2025-2026
chamber: Senate
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status_date: 2026-03-26
last_action: Senate Read and Referred
sponsors:
- Timothy Bearden
text_version: Introduced
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- weapons carry license
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# SB 632. Weapons Carry Licenses; certain Code sections regarding the carry of weapons; provide an exception
## Text
Senate Bill 632
By: Senator Bearden of the 30th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to provide an
exception to certain Code sections regarding the carry of weapons for persons who have
weapons carry licenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions
from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, is amended by revising paragraphs (15)
and (16) of subsection (a) and by adding a new paragraph to read as follows:
"(15) Clerks of the superior courts; and
(16) Constables employed by a magistrate court of this state; and
(17) Individuals who qualify for, have been issued, and are in possession of a current and
valid weapons carry license issued pursuant to Code Section 16-11-129."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
## Summaries written by Georgia Commons
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A Georgia Senate bill would add anyone holding a valid weapons carry license to the list of people exempt from certain restrictions on carrying weapons in specific locations under state law.
### Plain-language summary
Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 16-11-126 through § 16-11-127.2) restricts carrying weapons in certain places, but O.C.G.A. § 16-11-130 lists categories of people who are exempt from those restrictions, such as judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, clerks of superior courts, and magistrate court constables.
This bill adds a new exempt category: any individual who qualifies for, has been issued, and currently possesses a valid weapons carry license under O.C.G.A. § 16-11-129. It also makes a small wording change, moving the word 'and' from the end of the clerks-of-court paragraph to the end of the constables paragraph, since the constables paragraph is no longer the last item on the list. The bill repeals any conflicting laws but does not state a specific effective date beyond the standard process of becoming law.
### What it does
- Adds licensed weapons carry holders to the list of people exempt from certain weapons-carrying restrictions in Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 16-11-130).
- Requires that the license be current and valid and that the person be in possession of it to qualify for the exemption.
- Makes a technical wording adjustment shifting where the conjunction 'and' appears in the list of exempt groups.
- Repeals any existing state laws that conflict with this new exemption.
### Who it affects
Georgians who hold a valid weapons carry license issued under O.C.G.A. § 16-11-129, since they would gain a new legal exemption. It also affects clerks of superior courts and magistrate court constables, whose existing exemptions are listed alongside the new one.
### Why it matters
If enacted, licensed weapons carriers in Georgia would be treated the same as certain court officials for purposes of exemptions from weapons-carrying restrictions found in O.C.G.A. §§ 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, potentially letting them carry weapons in situations where they currently could not.
### Key provisions
- Section 1 amends O.C.G.A. § 16-11-130 by revising paragraphs (15) and (16), which list clerks of superior courts and magistrate court constables as exempt groups.
- Section 1 adds a new paragraph (17) exempting individuals who qualify for, have been issued, and possess a current and valid weapons carry license under O.C.G.A. § 16-11-129.
- Section 2 repeals any state laws or parts of laws that conflict with this Act.
## Status
- Status: Introduced (2026-03-26)
- Last action: Senate Read and Referred (2026-03-27)
- Sponsors: Timothy Bearden
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/74506
> The history, votes, and amendments (95 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb632.md?full=1