DATE CREATED: February 23, 2023
LAST ACTION DATE: 02/27/2023
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 02/23/2023
PROGRESS: Introduced
BILL ID: HB560
CATEGORIES: Justice
REGION: GA
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 revise various laws pertaining to firearms and the carrying and possession of firearms and other weapons; to remove places of worship from unauthorized locations a weapon or long gun may be carried; to clarify the type of hospitalization as an inpatient in any mental hospital that prohibits the issuance of a weapons carry license; to provide for online application for weapons carry licenses and renewal licenses; to revise the data base prohibition; to provide for relief; 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 amend Code Section 35-3-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses, resulting responsibility and liability of issuing center, and provision of certain information to the FBI in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, so as to provide for judicial procedures for purging a person's involuntary hospitalization information received by the center for the purpose of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System under certain circumstances; to change provisions relating to the retention of a person's involuntary hospitalization information; to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to require judicial notification to certain persons admitted to certain facilities of certain firearm prohibitions that attach to such admission; to provide for retention of jurisdiction; to amend Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to military, emergency management, and veterans affairs, so as to provide for prohibited actions by government official or employee during declared state of emergency; to provide limits upon the emergency powers of the Governor; to provide for civil remedy; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
SESSION: 2023-2024 Regular Session
VERSIONS: 1
LAST ACTION: House Second Readers
ACTIONS: 3
SPONSORS: Karen Mathiak (R)* , Alan Powell (R)* , Leesa Hagan (R)* , Rick Jasperse (R)* , Stan Gunter (R)*
KEYWORDS: Clear Security Due, Outdoor Shooting Range, Opposing Civil Party, Temporary Renewal Permit, Hearings Conducted Pursuant, Data Base Prohibition, Publicly Owned Building, Treatment Records Confidential, Treatment Information Confidential, Disabilities Imposed Pursuant
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