Georgia Code
Part 3 - Carrying and Possession of Firearms
§ 16-11-135. Public or Private Employer’s Parking Lots; Right of Privacy in Vehicles in Employer’s Parking Lot or Invited Guests on Lot; Exceptions; Severability; Rights of Action

History. Code 1981, § 16-11-135 , enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1199, § 7/HB 89; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 16/SB 46; Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 1-9/SB 308; Ga. L. 2015, p. 805, § 7/HB 492; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 13-3/SB 367; Ga. L. 2022, p. 74, § 10/SB 319.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, deleted “diversion center,” following “detention facility,” in paragraph (d)(2).
The 2022 amendment, effective April 12, 2022, substituted “such prospective employee is a lawful weapons carrier” for “applicable employees possess a Georgia weapons carry license” at the end of subsection (b).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2008, p. 1199, § 1/HB 89, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Business Security and Employee Privacy Act.’ ”
Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 3-1/SB 308, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment of this Code section shall apply to all offenses committed on and after June 4, 2010, and shall not affect any prosecutions for acts occurring before June 4, 2010, and shall not act as an abatement of any such prosecution.
Ga. L. 2022, p. 74, § 1/SB 319, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Chairman John Meadows Act.’”
Ga. L. 2022, p. 74, § 2/SB 319, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The General Assembly finds and determines that:
“(1) The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution recognizes the right of the people to keep and bear arms and that such right shall not be infringed; and
“(2) The people of this state, to perpetuate the principles of free government, insure justice to all, preserve peace, promote the interest and happiness of the citizen and of the family, and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty, provided that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed but that the General Assembly shall have power to prescribe the manner in which arms may be borne.”
Law reviews.
For survey article on labor and employment law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 217 (2008).
For article, “Georgia’s ‘Bring Your Gun to Work’ Law May Not Have the Firepower to Trouble Georgia Employers After All,” see 14 (No. 7) Ga. State Bar J. 12 (2009).
For article, “Crimes and Offenses,” see 27 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 131 (2011).
For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 139 (2016).
For annual survey on labor and employment law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 141 (2017).
For annual survey on labor and employment law, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 125 (2018).
For annual survey on labor and employment law, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 137 (2019).