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GA HB999

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

2/28/2018

Primary Sponsor

Christian Coomer

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017-2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates the previous requirement that the Georgia Crime Information Center purge involuntary hospitalization records after five years, allowing indefinite retention of such records for use in firearms background checks
  • Updates the coordinating body for sharing involuntary hospitalization records from probate courts, changing "Probate Judges Training Council" to "The Council of Probate Court Judges of Georgia"
  • Updates references from "Georgia Bureau of Investigation" to "bureau" and from "Georgia Crime Information Center" to "center" for consistency throughout the statute
  • Requires superior court clerks to continue providing records of persons adjudicated mentally incompetent to stand trial, found not guilty by reason of insanity, or involuntarily hospitalized after March 22, 1995, for use in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
  • Preserves existing confidentiality protections, limiting shared information strictly to involuntary hospitalization status and excluding all other mental health information

Legislative Description

Weapons; carry license; inpatient hospitalization; provisions

Last Action

Senate Tabled

3/27/2018

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/1/2018
Judiciary - Non-Civil2/22/2018

Full Bill Text

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