2025-2026 Regular Session

SB53

Department of Public Safety; establishment of a program to educate the public on safe storage of firearms, contingent upon funding; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the department of public safety, so as to provide for the establishment of a program to educate the public on safe storage of firearms, contingent upon funding; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Public Safety
Last status date: January 29, 2025
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: Public Safety
Author: Emanuel Jones
Co-sponsors: Harold Jones Freddie Sims David Lucas Nan Orrock Elena Parent Kenya Wicks Michael Rhett Sheikh Rahman Gail Davenport Donzella James Nikki Merritt RaShaun Kemp Sonya Halpern

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Committee referrals

January 29, 2025 · Senate

Public Safety

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

January 29, 2025
Senate Senate Read and Referred
January 28, 2025
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1945170
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB53.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00