HB 544 seeks to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A. relating to carrying and possession of firearms. The Act shall be known as the “Georgia Campus Carry Act of 2015.”

            The bill updates its definition of “government building” to exclude any building or real property owned by, leased to, or used as a campus for any public or private technical school, vocational school, college, university, or institution of postsecondary education.

            The bill adds a definition for the term “weapon” and permits a license holder to carry, possess, or control a weapon in or on any real property owned or leased to any of the aforementioned educational institutions. Nothing in the subsection, though, shall be construed to limit the rights of a private institution of postsecondary education to exclude or eject a person who is in possession of a weapon or long gun on its private property.