Georgia House Bill 657 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 7 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to make unlawful the knowing and intentional provision of any firearm for the purpose of providing such firearm to any person known to be on probation as a felony first offender or to have been convicted of a felony; to provide for criminal penalties; to clarify that affirmative confirmation by firearm provider is not required; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Firearms; providing to person on probation as a felony first offender; make unlawful

Rep. Jesse Petrea [R]	Rep. Carl Gilliard [D]	Rep. Ron Stephens [R]	Rep. Heath Clark [R]
Rep. Bill Hitchens [R]	Rep. Alan Powell [R]	Sen. Ben Watson [R]

2018-03-29 - House - House Vote #811 (Y: 162 N: 10 NV: 5 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2018-03-29 - Senate - Senate Vote #811 (Y: 48 N: 1 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-27 - Senate - Senate Vote #694 (Y: 33 N: 18 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-03-27 - Senate - Senate Vote #727 (Y: 45 N: 6 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-02-15 - House - House Vote #517 (Y: 156 N: 3 NV: 12 Abs: 8) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-07-01		Effective Date
2018-05-07		Act 413
2018-05-07	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2018-04-05	House	House Sent to Governor
2018-03-29	Senate	Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
2018-03-29	House	House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
2018-03-27	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2018-03-27	Senate	Senate Third Read
2018-03-27	Senate	Senate Engrossed
2018-03-23	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2018-03-23	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2018-02-20	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2018-02-15	House	House Passed/Adopted
2018-02-15	House	House Third Readers
2018-02-05	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2018-01-18	House	House Second Readers
2018-01-11	House	House First Readers
2018-01-10	House	House Hopper
2017-12-13	House	House Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51951
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/170881
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/170984
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/177630
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/178451
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/178959
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51951#15680
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51951#16232
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51951#16199
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51951#16405
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51951#16259