Public Safety and Homeland Security

GA - Representative Clint Crowe (R)

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Chairman

GA - Representative Kimberly New (R)

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Vice Chairman

GA - Representative Gary Richardson (R)

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Secretary

GA - Representative Victor Anderson (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Terry Cummings (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Gerald Greene (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Bill Hitchens (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Scott Holcomb (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Mack Jackson (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Rick Jasperse (R)

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Member

GA - Representative David Jenkins (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Eddie Lumsden (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Danny Mathis (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Derrick McCollum (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Lauren McDonald III (R)

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Member

GA - Representative L.C. Myles (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Yasmin Neal (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Esther Panitch (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Jesse Petrea (R)

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GA - Representative Alan Powell (R)

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GA - Representative Jordan Ridley (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Steven Sainz (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Bill Werkheiser (R)

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Member

GA - HB1 Pediatric Health Safe Storage Act; enact

GA - HB3 Brady Law Regulations; require universal background checks in all manner of firearm transfers

GA - HB4 Brady Law Regulations; three-day waiting period for purchase or transfer of certain firearms; require

GA - HB63 Crimes and offenses; establish offense of failure to adequately secure a loaded or unloaded firearm

GA - HB64 Crimes and offenses; require an owner of an assault weapon to procure and maintain sufficient liability insurance

GA - HB80 Law enforcement agencies; option to destroy or sell certain firearms; provide

GA - SB21 Local Governments; violation of the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies; waive sovereign and governmental immunities

GA - HB119 Brady Law Regulations; bringing an action against the government for an unauthorized act relating to regulation of weapons; revise standards

GA - HB120 Crimes and offenses; preemption of local regulation and lawsuits relative to firearms, ammunition, and other weapons; provide for a definition

GA - HB121 Second Amendment Preservation Act; enact

GA - HB138 Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; establish basic and in-service training courses on de-escalation techniques and methods

GA - SB29 DNA Sampling, Collection, and Analysis; collection of DNA samples of individuals arrested for the commission of a felony at the time such individuals are booked or otherwise processed by a detention facility; provide

GA - SB56 Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize

GA - HB205 Board of Homeland Security; development of a list of approved unmanned aircraft systems; provide

GA - HB207 Firearms; storage within a motor vehicle or vessel; provide

GA - HB238 Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; create and maintain an at-risk adult training course focusing on officer response to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia

GA - HB246 Courts; office of sheriff and training of peach officers; revise qualification requirements

GA - HB288 Appeal and error; declaratory judgments in instances involving accusations made by a prosecuting attorney regarding credibility of a peace officer; provide

GA - HB295 Local government; procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation for loss of property value or expenses incurred; provisions

GA - SB99 Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide

GA - HB309 Local government; require adoption of a resolution or ordinance and voter approval prior to abolishment of a police force that was created by such method

GA - HB315 Law Enforcement Partners Act; enact

GA - SB116 DNA Sampling; the collection of DNA samples from any individual in a detention facility charged with a misdemeanor or felony who is subject to an immigration detainer notice; require

GA - HB350 Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions

GA - SB147 Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provide

GA - HB423 Emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system; Next Generation 9-1-1 systems and services; provide

GA - HB433 Human Services, Department of; authorized to access restricted and sealed information to conduct employee oversight in certain circumstances; provide

GA - HB452 Firearms; persons convicted of family violence offenses cannot possess or purchase; provide

GA - HB453 Georgia Red Flag Protective Order Act; enact

GA - HB465 Autism Missing Person Alert System Act; enact

GA - HB469 True Campus Safety Act; enact

GA - HB470 Crimes and offenses; prohibit activities related to immigration enforcement in certain locations

GA - HB472 Crimes and offenses; add certain facilities of the Geo. L. Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority to the locations in which the carrying of weapons or long guns is prohibited

GA - HB497 Penal institutions; inmate be allowed to dress in plain clothes during trial proceedings; provide

GA - HB508 Crimes and offenses; prohibit sale, transfer, use, possession, importation, or manufacture of certain firearms and magazines

GA - HB518 Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2025; enact

GA - HB549 Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought

GA - HB601 Georgia Gun Safe Act of 2025; enact

GA - HB621 Georgia Bureau of Investigation; provide for members of the General Assembly to request assistance

GA - HB646 Coroners; provide minimum salaries

GA - HB691 Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; create Georgia Resilience Office

GA - HB705 Motor vehicles; prohibit traffic stop on sole basis that the person is operating a motorcycle or wearing motorcycle paraphernalia

GA - HB711 Georgia Firearms and Weapons Act; enact

GA - HB752 Georgia SAFE (Support and Awareness for Fair Encounters) Act; enact

GA - HR756 General Assembly; preserve access to safety and justice for all survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking; encourage

GA - HB889 Law enforcement officers and agencies; certain federal agents to clearly identify themselves while in the performance of their duties; provide

GA - HB909 Firefighter Health and Environmental Safety Act; enact

GA - HB915 Law enforcement officers and agencies; authorize county and municipal law enforcement agencies to employ civilian personnel to assist in certain investigations

GA - HB920 Hate-Free Heroes Act; enact

GA - HB967 Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; provide financial assistance to law enforcement agencies to equip certain motor vehicles with bullet-resistant features; establish grant program

GA - HB990 Public Safety, Department of; creation of a program to assist former handlers and adopters of retired law enforcement dogs with veterinary care costs; provide

GA - HB1004 Public Safety, Department of; security guards to leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives and their families; provisions

GA - HB1011 Daren Lewis Saving Lives Act; enact

GA - HB1050 Law enforcement officers and agencies; protection of student data from immigration officials under certain circumstances; provide

GA - HB1053 Law enforcement officers and agencies; local law enforcement involvement with immigration and cooperation with federal authorities; repeal provisions

GA - HB1060 Georgia Public Safety Transparency and Citizen Protection Act of 2026; enact

GA - HB1080 Georgia Public Safety Support Fund Act; enact

GA - SB433 "Rio's Law"

GA - SB442 Drivers' Licenses; revocation and expiration of commercial drivers' licenses for noncitizens; provide

GA - HB1128 State Board of Workers' Compensation; notice of eligibility for compensation to an injured employee to his or her legal guardian; provide

GA - HB1161 Motor vehicles; proper operation upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a law enforcement vehicle for purposes of a traffic stop; provide

GA - SB454 Regulation of Fire and Other Hazards; use of temporary door locking devices in public buildings during certain emergency situations; authorize

GA - HR1243 Georgia Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund; authorize creation - CA

GA - SB482 Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; persons requesting booking photographs to provide the first and last names of the individuals in the photographs; require

GA - HB1265 Traffic offenses; fleeing or attempting to elude a pursuing vehicle or law enforcement officer performing duties; provisions

GA - HB1296 Mental health; pilot program to support clinical research of certain veterans and first responders suffering from certain conditions; provide

GA - HB1335 Emergency management; certain longshoremen and related maritime, port, warehouse, and logistics workers to be considered essential workers; provide

GA - SB524 License Plates; specialty license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia; establish

GA - SB527 Sheriffs; candidates for the office of sheriff are certified peace officers at the time of qualifying as a candidate; require

GA - HB1412 Courts; payment of certain money arising from traffic fines generated by members of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety; provide

GA - HB1426 Peace officers; training in evacuation of persons with disabilities during an emergency; provide

GA - HB1436 Georgia Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act; enact

GA - SB565 Peace Officers; the definition of law enforcement unit and peace officer to include members of police forces of nonprofit private colleges and universities; revise

GA - HB1454 Crimes and offenses; firearms and carrying and possession of firearms and other weapons; revise various laws

GA - SB586 "K-9 Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2026"; enact

GA - HB1516 Revenue and taxation; sales to United States Department of Homeland Security or United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; revise tax