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Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation SB57

Legislation Overview

Title: "Freedom of Speech and Belief Act"; enact

Description: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to deceptive or unfair practices, so as to protect the exercise of constitutional rights; to prohibit discrimination in the provision of essential services; to provide for public and private enforcement; to provide for definitions; to provide a short title; to provide legislative findings and declarations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

Last Action: Senate Lost

Last Action Date: March 6, 2025

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

13 sponsors: Blake Tillery (R); Greg Dolezal (R); Brian Strickland (R); Frank Ginn (R); Max Burns (R); Billy Hickman (R); Ricky Williams (R); Marty Harbin (R); Jason Anavitarte (R); Russ Goodman (R); Bo Hatchett (R); Steve Gooch (R); Chuck Hufstetler (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 23% (13 of 56)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Mar 6, 2025	Senate Third Read
Senate	Mar 6, 2025	Senate Lost
Senate	Feb 24, 2025	Senate Read Second Time
Senate	Feb 21, 2025	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Senate	Jan 30, 2025	Senate Read and Referred
Senate	Jan 29, 2025	Senate Hopper

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Comm Sub	Feb 20, 2025	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 29, 2025	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
House Floor Amendment	Floor Amend 1A	Mar 6, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
House Floor Amendment	Floor Amend 1 AM 55 0098	Mar 6, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
House Floor Amendment	Floor Amend 2 AM 55 0097	Mar 6, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
House Floor Amendment	Floor Amend 3A	Mar 6, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
House Floor Amendment	Floor amend 3B	Mar 6, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
House Floor Amendment	Floor Amend 3 AM 62 0005	Mar 6, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
House Floor Amendment	Floor Amend 4	Mar 6, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
House Floor Amendment	Floor Amend 5	Mar 6, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Adoption Of Amend #1a By Sen From The 50th To Amend #1 By Sen From The 13th: Senate Vote #185	03/6/2025	32	22	2	0	Yes
Albers, John (R) Nay Anavitarte, Jason (R) Yea Anderson, Lee (R) Nay Anderson, Tonya (D) Yea Beach, Brandon (R) Nay Bearden, Timothy (R) Yea Brass, Matt (R) Nay Burns, Max (R) Nay Cowsert, Bill (R) Nay Davenport, Gail (D) Yea Dixon, Clint (R) Nay Dolezal, Greg (R) Yea Echols, Drew (R) Nay Esteves, Jason (D) Yea Ginn, Frank (R) Nay Gooch, Steve (R) Yea Goodman, Russ (R) Nay Halpern, Sonya (D) Yea Harbin, Marty (R) Nay Harbison, Ed (D) NV Harrell, Sally (D) Yea Hatchett, Bo (R) Yea Hickman, Billy (R) Nay Hodges, Mike (R) Nay Hufstetler, Chuck (R) Yea Islam Parkes, Nabilah (D) Yea Jackson, Kim (D) Yea James, Donzella (D) Yea Jones, Emanuel (D) Yea Jones, Harold (D) Yea Kemp, RaShaun (D) Yea Kennedy, John (R) Nay Kirkpatrick, Kay (R) Yea Lucas, David (D) NV Mallow, Derek (D) Yea Mangham, Randal (D) Yea McLaurin, Josh (D) Yea Merritt, Nikki (D) Yea Moore, Colton (R) Yea Orrock, Nan (D) Yea Parent, Elena (D) Yea Payne, Chuck (R) Nay Rahman, Sheikh (D) Yea Rhett, Michael (D) Yea Robertson, Randy (R) Nay Setzler, Ed (R) Yea Sims, Freddie (D) Yea Still, Shawn (R) Nay Strickland, Brian (R) Yea Summers, Carden (R) Nay Tillery, Blake (R) Yea Walker, Larry (R) Nay Watson, Ben (R) Nay Watson, Sam (R) Nay Wicks, Kenya (D) Yea Williams, Ricky (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Adoption Of The Amendment By The Sen From The 13th As Amended: Senate Vote #186	03/6/2025	49	7	0	0	Yes
Albers, John (R) Yea Anavitarte, Jason (R) Yea Anderson, Lee (R) Yea Anderson, Tonya (D) Yea Beach, Brandon (R) Yea Bearden, Timothy (R) Yea Brass, Matt (R) Nay Burns, Max (R) Yea Cowsert, Bill (R) Nay Davenport, Gail (D) Yea Dixon, Clint (R) Nay Dolezal, Greg (R) Nay Echols, Drew (R) Yea Esteves, Jason (D) Yea Ginn, Frank (R) Nay Gooch, Steve (R) Yea Goodman, Russ (R) Yea Halpern, Sonya (D) Yea Harbin, Marty (R) Yea Harbison, Ed (D) Yea Harrell, Sally (D) Yea Hatchett, Bo (R) Yea Hickman, Billy (R) Yea Hodges, Mike (R) Yea Hufstetler, Chuck (R) Yea Islam Parkes, Nabilah (D) Yea Jackson, Kim (D) Yea James, Donzella (D) Yea Jones, Emanuel (D) Yea Jones, Harold (D) Yea Kemp, RaShaun (D) Yea Kennedy, John (R) Yea Kirkpatrick, Kay (R) Yea Lucas, David (D) Yea Mallow, Derek (D) Yea Mangham, Randal (D) Yea McLaurin, Josh (D) Yea Merritt, Nikki (D) Yea Moore, Colton (R) Nay Orrock, Nan (D) Yea Parent, Elena (D) Yea Payne, Chuck (R) Nay Rahman, Sheikh (D) Yea Rhett, Michael (D) Yea Robertson, Randy (R) Yea Setzler, Ed (R) Yea Sims, Freddie (D) Yea Still, Shawn (R) Yea Strickland, Brian (R) Yea Summers, Carden (R) Yea Tillery, Blake (R) Yea Walker, Larry (R) Yea Watson, Ben (R) Yea Watson, Sam (R) Yea Wicks, Kenya (D) Yea Williams, Ricky (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Adoption Of Amend #3b By Sen From The 19th To Amend #3 By Sen From The 18th: Senate Vote #187	03/6/2025	33	22	1	0	Yes
Albers, John (R) Nay Anavitarte, Jason (R) Yea Anderson, Lee (R) Nay Anderson, Tonya (D) Yea Beach, Brandon (R) Nay Bearden, Timothy (R) Yea Brass, Matt (R) Yea Burns, Max (R) Nay Cowsert, Bill (R) Nay Davenport, Gail (D) Yea Dixon, Clint (R) Nay Dolezal, Greg (R) Yea Echols, Drew (R) Nay Esteves, Jason (D) Yea Ginn, Frank (R) Nay Gooch, Steve (R) Yea Goodman, Russ (R) Nay Halpern, Sonya (D) Yea Harbin, Marty (R) Nay Harbison, Ed (D) Yea Harrell, Sally (D) Yea Hatchett, Bo (R) Yea Hickman, Billy (R) Nay Hodges, Mike (R) Nay Hufstetler, Chuck (R) Yea Islam Parkes, Nabilah (D) Yea Jackson, Kim (D) Yea James, Donzella (D) Yea Jones, Emanuel (D) Yea Jones, Harold (D) Yea Kemp, RaShaun (D) Yea Kennedy, John (R) Nay Kirkpatrick, Kay (R) Nay Lucas, David (D) NV Mallow, Derek (D) Yea Mangham, Randal (D) Yea McLaurin, Josh (D) Yea Merritt, Nikki (D) Yea Moore, Colton (R) Yea Orrock, Nan (D) Yea Parent, Elena (D) Yea Payne, Chuck (R) Nay Rahman, Sheikh (D) Yea Rhett, Michael (D) Yea Robertson, Randy (R) Nay Setzler, Ed (R) Yea Sims, Freddie (D) Yea Still, Shawn (R) Nay Strickland, Brian (R) Yea Summers, Carden (R) Nay Tillery, Blake (R) Yea Walker, Larry (R) Nay Watson, Ben (R) Nay Watson, Sam (R) Nay Wicks, Kenya (D) Yea Williams, Ricky (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #188	03/6/2025	13	43	0	0	No
Albers, John (R) Nay Anavitarte, Jason (R) Yea Anderson, Lee (R) Nay Anderson, Tonya (D) Nay Beach, Brandon (R) Yea Bearden, Timothy (R) Yea Brass, Matt (R) Nay Burns, Max (R) Nay Cowsert, Bill (R) Nay Davenport, Gail (D) Nay Dixon, Clint (R) Nay Dolezal, Greg (R) Yea Echols, Drew (R) Nay Esteves, Jason (D) Nay Ginn, Frank (R) Nay Gooch, Steve (R) Yea Goodman, Russ (R) Nay Halpern, Sonya (D) Nay Harbin, Marty (R) Nay Harbison, Ed (D) Nay Harrell, Sally (D) Nay Hatchett, Bo (R) Yea Hickman, Billy (R) Yea Hodges, Mike (R) Nay Hufstetler, Chuck (R) Yea Islam Parkes, Nabilah (D) Nay Jackson, Kim (D) Nay James, Donzella (D) Nay Jones, Emanuel (D) Nay Jones, Harold (D) Nay Kemp, RaShaun (D) Nay Kennedy, John (R) Nay Kirkpatrick, Kay (R) Nay Lucas, David (D) Nay Mallow, Derek (D) Nay Mangham, Randal (D) Nay McLaurin, Josh (D) Nay Merritt, Nikki (D) Nay Moore, Colton (R) Yea Orrock, Nan (D) Nay Parent, Elena (D) Nay Payne, Chuck (R) Nay Rahman, Sheikh (D) Nay Rhett, Michael (D) Nay Robertson, Randy (R) Nay Setzler, Ed (R) Yea Sims, Freddie (D) Nay Still, Shawn (R) Nay Strickland, Brian (R) Yea Summers, Carden (R) Nay Tillery, Blake (R) Yea Walker, Larry (R) Nay Watson, Ben (R) Yea Watson, Sam (R) Nay Wicks, Kenya (D) Nay Williams, Ricky (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page