SUMMARY:  HB 492/AP

The intent of HB 492 was to clarify several provisions of Georgia's weapons carry law, such as carrying weapons near polling places; keeping ammunition in parked cars at the place of employment; and concealed carry renewal requirements.

HB 492 was amended to add SB 141 which added definitions related to weapons as it pertains to juvenile proceedings and amended requirements for reporting students committing acts prohibited by the weapons in a school safety zone statute. The change in definitions means it is no longer automatically a class B felony for a student to violate 16-11-127.1, the weapons in a school safety zone statute.

PROVISIONS:

Currently 15-11-2(13)(N) says "Class B designated felony act" means a delinquent act committed by a child 13 years of age or older which, if committed by an adult, would be one or more of the following crimes:...An act which constitutes a violation of Code Section 16-11-127.1.

This bill amends it so that a violation involving a firearm as defined in 16-11-131 or dangerous weapon or machine gun as defined in 16-11-121 continue to be a class B designated felony.  An act involving a weapon as defined in 16-11-127.1 together WITH an assualt OR an act which constitutes a second or subsequent adjudication of delinquency based on a violation of 16-11-127.1 also fall into this category.

Amends 20-2-1184 so that an act prohibited in 16-11-127.1 (weapons in a school safety zone) shall be reported only when it involves a firearm as defined in 16-11-131; a dangerous weapon or machine gun as defined in 16-11-121; or a weapon as defined in 16-11-127.1 together WITH an assault. 

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2015