Georgia’s 2024 legislative session adjourned sine die last month, but not before sending HB 1018 to the Governor for consideration.
On Monday, April 22, Governor Brian Kemp signed this important legislation into law protecting the credit card purchases of Georgia’s sportsmen.
House Bill 1018 prohibits a financial entity from using a firearms merchant category code to distinguish a firearms retailer from other retailers thus preventing firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition from being specifically singled out purchases with a credit card. It also prohibits persons or government entities from keeping registries of firearms or owners of firearms.
Even though the 2024 legislative session is over, the Sportsmen’s Alliance will continue to monitor activities in the Peach State. You never know when issues that sportsmen need to be aware of may arise.
On our interactive map, you can view the bills the Sportsmen’s Alliance monitored during the legislative session. Please share this message with your family and friends, as sportsmen throughout the state must continue to stay actively involved in defending our hunting, fishing, and trapping heritage for present and future generations to enjoy.
About the Sportsmen’s Alliance: The Sportsmen’s Alliance protects and defends America’s wildlife conservation programs and the pursuits – hunting, fishing and trapping – that generate the money to pay for them. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation is responsible for public education, legal defense and research. Its mission is accomplished through several distinct programs coordinated to provide the most complete defense capability possible. Stay connected to Sportsmen’s Alliance: Online, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
