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Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 18, 2025 · Introduced
Crimes and offenses; add certain facilities of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority to the locations in which the carrying of weapons or long guns is prohibited
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would add certain fenced facilities of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority to the list of places where carrying weapons or long guns is banned under state law.
House Bill 472 By: Representatives Jasperse of the 11th, Crowe of the 118th, Stephens of the 164th, Holcomb of the 101st, New of the 40th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 16-11-127 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying weapons or long guns in unauthorized locations, so as to add certain facilities of...
SECTION 1. Code Section 16-11-127 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying weapons or long guns in unauthorized locations, is amended in subsection (b) by striking "or" at the end of paragraph (6), by replacing the period with "; or" at the end of paragraph (7), and by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "(8) Within facilities...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 24, 2025 · Introduced
Georgia Gun Safe Act of 2025; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 601, the Georgia Gun Safe Act of 2025, would rewrite large parts of Georgia's gun laws, adding new bans, storage rules, a firearms registry, waiting periods and license changes affecting gun owners, sellers, minors and peace officers statewide.
(i) Carrying a weapon without a weapons carry license in violation of Code Section 16-11-126; or (ii) Carrying carrying a weapon or long gun in an unauthorized location in violation of Code Section 16-11-127 and has not been free of all restraint or supervision in connection therewith and free of any other conviction for at least five years immediately...
SECTION 9. Said article is further amended in said part by repealing in its entirety Code Section 16-11-130.1, relating to allowing personnel to carry weapons within certain school safety zones and at school functions, and designating said Code section as reserved.
Supreme Court opinion · Supreme Court of Georgia · May 28, 2025
Stephens v. State of Georgia
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Georgia's law barring most people under 21 from carrying handguns in public, rejecting a 20-year-old's argument that the state constitution's right to bear arms should be reinterpreted using federal legal tests.
1. Background (a) Statutory Framework Georgia law allows law-abiding citizens to carry firearms with few restrictions. Georgians over the age of 21 may carry handguns or long guns in most places, openly or concealed, and with or without a license. See OCGA § 16-11-125.1 (2.1) (any person who is licensed or eligible to get a weapons carry license is a...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 30, 2025 · Introduced
Firearms; storage within a motor vehicle or vessel; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 207 would require Georgians who are not carrying a firearm on their person to keep it locked up when it's in a car or boat, instead of allowing free storage as current law does, and would apply that same locked-storage rule to the school safety zone exceptions.
House Bill 207 By: Representatives Crawford of the 89th, Oliver of the 84th, Westbrook of the 163rd, Willis of the 55th, and Au of the 50th 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 provide for the storage of a...
SECTION 1. 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, is amended by revising subsections (a) through (c) and subsections (g) and (h) of Code Section 16-11-126, relating to having or carrying handguns, long guns, or other weapons, exceptions for homes, motor...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 18, 2025 · Introduced
True Campus Safety Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 469 would repeal Georgia laws that let certain school personnel carry weapons in school safety zones and at school functions, undoing an exception in the state's weapons law.
SECTION 2. 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, is amended by repealing and reserving paragraph (6) of subsection (c) of Code Section 16-11-127.1, relating to carrying weapons within school safety zones, at school functions, or on a bus or other...
SECTION 3. Said part is further amended by repealing and reserving Code Section 16-11-130.1, relating to allowing personnel to carry weapons within certain school safety zones and at school functions.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 29, 2025 · Passed
Property; granting of nonexclusive easements; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Resolution 98 authorizes the State Properties Commission to grant 18 non-exclusive easements across state-owned land in 16 Georgia counties, letting utilities, cities, and other entities build power, gas, water, sewer, fiber, and road facilities on state property.
SECTION 127. That this grant of easement shall be recorded by Georgia Power Company in the Superior Court of Hall County and a recorded copy shall be promptly forwarded to the State Properties Commission.
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 4, 2025 · Passed
Dental Hygienists Appreciation Day; recognize February 6, 2025
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate resolution recognizes February 6, 2025, as Dental Hygienists Appreciation Day, honoring the role dental hygienists play in oral health care across the state.
Senate Resolution 127 By: Senators Kirkpatrick of the 32nd, Watson of the 1st, Williams of the 25th, Summers of the 13th, Albers of the 56th and others A RESOLUTION Recognizing February 6, 2025, as Dental Hygienists Appreciation Day; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, dental hygienists, as licensed oral health care professionals, have been promoting oral...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 4, 2025 · Passed
Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 268 requires Georgia public schools to install panic alert systems and mapping data for first responders, rewrites how student records move between schools and agencies, creates new school violence and suicide prevention programs, and adds new criminal offenses for threats against schools.
Such 1392 term shall include, but shall not be limited to, each item included in paragraph (4) of 1393 subsection (a) of Code Section 16-11-127.1. 1394 (b) A person commits the offense of a terroristic threat of a school when he or she 1395 threatens to commit any crime of violence, release any hazardous substance, or burn or 1396 damage property and such...
Such plans shall be reviewed and, if necessary, updated annually. 1175 Such plans of public schools shall be submitted to the local emergency management 1176 agency, the local law enforcement agency, and the Georgia Emergency Management and 1177 Homeland Security Agency, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental 1178 Disabilities, as...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 3, 2025 · Passed
"Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 79, the "Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act," creates a separate Georgia trafficking offense for fentanyl with its own weight thresholds and mandatory minimum prison terms, and updates related laws that reference drug trafficking.
nor more than 15 years and a fine of not less than $125,000.00 nor more than $250,000.00. (C) If a judge reduces the sentencing court departs from the mandatory minimum sentence pursuant to this paragraph, the judge such court shall specify on the record the circumstances for the reduction such departure and the interests served by such departure. Any such...
Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, is amended in Code Section 16-11-106, relating to possession of firearm or knife during commission of or attempt to commit certain crimes, by revising paragraph (5) of subsection (b) as follows: "(5) Any crime involving the trafficking of cocaine, marijuana, or illegal...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 4, 2025 · Introduced
"Georgia Red Flag Protective Order Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 92 would create a new Georgia legal process called a risk protection order, letting family members, household members, or police ask a superior court to temporarily take firearms and ammunition away from someone believed to pose a significant danger to themselves or others.
(f) A risk protection order shall include all of the following: (1) A statement of the grounds supporting the issuance of the order; (2) The date the order was issued; (3) The date the order ends; (4) Whether a mental health evaluation or chemical dependency evaluation of the respondent is required; (5) The address of the court in which any responsive...
(c) After a request under subsection (a) of this Code section, if the court finds there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to himself or herself or others in the near future by having in his or her custody or control, or by purchasing, possessing, or receiving, a firearm or ammunition,...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 13, 2025 · Introduced
Georgia Red Flag Protective Order Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 453 would create a 'red flag' law in Georgia, letting family members, household members, or police ask a superior court to temporarily take firearms and ammunition from someone found to pose a significant danger of harming themselves or others.
(f) A risk protection order shall include all of the following: (1) A statement of the grounds supporting the issuance of the order; (2) The date the order was issued; (3) The date the order ends; (4) Whether a mental health evaluation or chemical dependency evaluation of the respondent is required; (5) The address of the court in which any responsive...
(c) After a request under subsection (a) of this Code section, if the court finds there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to himself or herself or others in the near future by having in his or her custody or control, or by purchasing, possessing, or receiving, a firearm or ammunition,...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 4, 2025 · Passed
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; provisions creating certain boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; update and modernize
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 96 eliminates or overhauls more than a dozen Georgia boards, councils, and commissions across state government, from housing to firefighting to the state lottery, to remove duplicate or inactive bodies and update how the remaining ones operate.
The required data are each detained child's: (1) Name; (2) Date of birth; (3) Sex; (4) Race; (5) Offense or offenses for which such child is being detained; (6) Date of and authority for confinement; (7) Location of the offense and the name of the school if the offense occurred in a school safety zone, as defined in Code Section 16-11-127.1; (8) The name of...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · March 3, 2025 · Introduced
Georgia Firearms and Weapons Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would ban possession of rapid-fire attachments, like bump stocks, that let a gun fire more than six shots with one trigger pull, folding them into the state's existing ban on machine guns and sawed-off weapons.
House Bill 711 By: Representatives Scott of the 76th, Davis of the 87th, and Schofield of the 63rd A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order and safety, so as to prohibit the possession of devices which attach to firearms to produce rapid fire; to revise...
SECTION 1. Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order and safety, is amended by revising Part 2 of Article 4, relating to possession of dangerous weapons, as follows: "Part 2 16-11-120. This part shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Firearms and Weapons Act.' 16-11-121. As used in...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 30, 2025 · Passed
Physician Anesthesiologists Week at the state capitol; 01/26 to 02/01/25; recognize
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House resolution recognizes January 26 to February 1, 2025 as Physician Anesthesiologists Week at the state capitol, honoring the role of physician anesthesiologists in patient care.
House Resolution 127 By: Representatives Au of the 50th, Newton of the 127th, Hawkins of the 27th, Stephens of the 164th, and Efstration of the 104th A RESOLUTION Recognizing January 26 to February 1, 2025, as Physician Anesthesiologists Week at the state capitol; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, physician anesthesiologists are responsible for patient...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 10, 2025 · Introduced
Contracts with Small Businesses; automatic renewal provisions; definitions; provide and revise
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 127 would extend Georgia's automatic renewal notification law to cover small businesses, not just individual consumers, when they sign service contracts that automatically renew.
The Senate Committee on Regulated Industries and Utilities offered the following substitute to SB 127: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts, so as to make certain disclosure and notification requirements concerning automatic renewal provisions applicable to service contracts with...
SECTION 1. Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts, is amended by revising Chapter 12, relating to automatic renewal provisions, as follows: "CHAPTER 12 13-12-1. As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Automatic renewal provision' means a provision under which a service contract is renewed for a specified period of more...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 13, 2025 · Introduced
Brady Law Regulations; require universal background checks in all manner of firearm transfers
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 3 would require background checks for nearly all firearm transfers in Georgia, not just sales by licensed dealers, by making unlicensed sellers route transfers through a dealer who runs the check.
House Bill 3 By: Representative Au of the 50th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Part 5 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Brady Law Regulations, so as to require universal background checks in all manner of firearm transfers; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for...
SECTION 1. Part 5 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Brady Law Regulations, is amended by revising Code Section 16-11-171, relating to definitions, as follows: "16-11-171. As used in this part, the term: (1) 'Center' means the Georgia Crime Information Center within the Georgia Bureau of...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 13, 2025 · Introduced
Brady Law Regulations; three-day waiting period for purchase or transfer of certain firearms; require
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 4 would require a three business day waiting period before licensed gun dealers can complete most firearm sales or transfers in Georgia, with exceptions for weapons carry license holders.
House Bill 4 By: Representative Au of the 50th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Part 5 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Brady Law Regulations, so as to require a three-day waiting period for the purchase or transfer of certain firearms; to provide for inspection; to provide for exceptions; to...
SECTION 1. Part 5 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Brady Law Regulations, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "16-11-172.1. (a) No purchase or transfer of a firearm conducted by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall be completed until the...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 20, 2025 · Introduced
"Donna's Law"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 224, known as "Donna's Law," would let Georgians voluntarily place themselves on a state list barring them from buying a firearm, with criminal penalties for anyone who sells to a listed person.
Senate Bill 224 By: Senators Harrell of the 40th, Jackson of the 41st and Parent of the 44th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Part 5 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Brady Law regulations, so as to provide for the establishment of a voluntary do not sell list for firearms; to provide for...
SECTION 2. Part 5 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Brady Law regulations, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "16-11-174. (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Do not sell list' or 'list' means a registry developed and maintained by the center that records...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 19, 2025 · Introduced
Crimes and offenses; prohibit sale, transfer, use, possession, importation, or manufacture of certain firearms and magazines
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would ban the sale, transfer, use, import, or manufacture of certain semiautomatic rifles and magazines holding more than 20 rounds, while letting current owners keep theirs if securely stored.
House Bill 508 By: Representatives Jackson of the 68th, Schofield of the 63rd, Davis of the 87th, Bell of the 75th, and Myles of the 126th 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 prohibit the sale, transfer, use,...
SECTION 2. 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, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "16-11-139. (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Dealer' shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-11-171. (2) 'Large...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · January 16, 2025 · Introduced
Brady Law Regulations; purchase or transfer of certain firearms; require a ten-day waiting period
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 19 would create a new definition of 'semiautomatic assault weapon' in Georgia law and require a ten-day waiting period before licensed dealers can complete the sale or transfer of one.
Senate Bill 19 By: Senators Lucas of the 26th, Jones of the 10th, Jones II of the 22nd, Jackson of the 41st, Parent of the 44th and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Part 5 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Brady Law Regulations, so as to require a ten-day waiting period for the purchase...
SECTION 1. Part 5 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Brady Law Regulations, is amended by revising Code Section 16-11-171, relating to definitions, as follows: "16-11-171. As used in this part, the term: (1) 'Center' means the Georgia Crime Information Center within the Georgia Bureau of...
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