Legislation Assigned to the Senate Public Safety Committee (17)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 4/15/2025

HB 0168 MonitorPenal institutions; certain information within inmate files of the Department of Corrections shall not be classified as confidential state secrets when requested by the district attorney; provide Jesse Petrea
4/21/2021 Effective Date 2021-07-01 Judiciary - Non-Civil Public Safety -
Criminal Sentencing
HB 0202 MonitorGeorgia Driver's Education Commission; violation of traffic laws or ordinance under Joshua's Law; increase additional penalty Bill Hitchens
4/1/2022 Senate - Senate Tabled Motor Vehicles Public Safety -
12. All Courts Traffic Law
HB 0218 MonitorCrimes and offenses; weapons carry license reciprocity in this state; expand Mandi Ballinger
4/12/2022 Effective Date 2022-07-01 Public Safety and Homeland Security Public Safety -
08. Probate Courts Licenses
HB 0236 MonitorDomestic relations; additional monitoring of victim after granting of a temporary protective order; provide Yasmin Neal
5/4/2021 Effective Date 2021-05-04 Judiciary - Non-Civil Public Safety -
12. All Courts Domestic Relations
HB 0247 MonitorUniform rules of the road; commission of an offense of distracted driving; provide for penalties John Carson
1/10/2022 Senate - Senate Recommitted Public Safety and Homeland Security Public Safety -
12. All Courts Traffic Law
HB 0255 MonitorSexual Assault Reform Act of 2021; enact Scott Holcomb
5/6/2021 Effective Date 2021-07-01 Judiciary - Non-Civil Public Safety -
12. All Courts Court Administration Court Technology
HB 0353 MonitorMotor vehicles; clarify what constitutes an obstruction for purposes of exceptions to when a vehicle is to drive on the right side of roadway Todd Jones
5/4/2021 Effective Date 2021-07-01 Motor Vehicles Public Safety -
06. State Courts 08. Probate Courts 10. Municipal Courts Traffic Law
HB 0367 MonitorControlled substances; Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V; change certain provisions Butch Parrish
5/4/2021 Effective Date 2021-05-04 Judiciary - Non-Civil Public Safety -
12. All Courts Criminal
HB 0579 MonitorPublic Safety and Judicial Facilities Act; enact Mary Oliver
5/10/2021 Effective Date 2021-07-01 Governmental Affairs Public Safety -
12. All Courts Court Administration
SB 0146 MonitorCarrying and Possession of Firearms; offense of making a firearm accessible to a child; establish Elena Parent
2/11/2021 Senate - Senate Read and Referred -Public Safety -
12. All Courts Criminal
SB 0174 MonitorBonds and Recognizances; appointed judges who are fulfilling a vacancy of an elected judge to issue an unsecured judicial release under certain circumstances; authorize Steve Gooch
5/4/2021 Effective Date 2021-05-04 Judiciary - Non-Civil Public Safety -
05. Superior Courts 09. Magistrate Courts 10. Municipal Courts Criminal
SB 0179 MonitorBrady Law Regulations; universal background checks in all manners of firearm transfers and purchases; require Michelle Au
2/16/2021 Senate - Senate Read and Referred -Public Safety -
12. All Courts Criminal
SB 0214 MonitorGovernor's Emergency Powers; matters pertaining to firearms and other weapons; restrict use of emergency powers Tyler Harper
1/10/2022 Senate - Senate Recommitted -Public Safety -
08. Probate Courts 12. All Courts Licenses
SB 0223 Monitor"Community Rebound Act"; enact Randy Robertson
2/23/2021 Senate - Senate Read and Referred -Public Safety -
12. All Courts Criminal
SB 0229 MonitorCarrying Weapons Within School Safety Zones; carrying and possession of handguns in certain manners; property owned or leased by public institutions of postsecondary education; repeal authorization Sally Harrell
2/23/2021 Senate - Senate Read and Referred -Public Safety -
12. All Courts Criminal
SB 0245 MonitorDangerous Instrumentalities and Practices; prohibit public officers from ordering the enforcement of certain federal acts regarding the right to keep and bear arms Randy Robertson
2/3/2022 Senate - Senate Read Second Time -Public Safety -
Licenses
SB 0277 MonitorFirearms; extend the exemptions from carry laws for court officials to include carrying inside of a courthouse Jeff Mullis
4/4/2022 House - House Third Readers Public Safety and Homeland Security Public Safety -
12. All Courts Court Administration
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