Georgia Senate Bill 72 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 7 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-07-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to game and fish, so as to remove a prohibition on hunting on wildlife management areas; to change the date of effective rules and regulations of the Board of Natural Resources; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to hunting, so as to provide for regulation of hunting with air guns of not less than 0.30 caliber; to modify seasons and bag limits for deer, opossum, and raccoon; to modify certain prohibitions relating to restrictions on hunting feral hogs; to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Game and Fish; hunting on wildlife management areas; prohibition; remove

Sen. Tyler Harper [R]	Sen. Jeff Mullis [R]	Sen. Steve Gooch [R]	Sen. Burt Jones [R]
Sen. Frank Ginn [R]	Sen. Freddie Sims [D]	Rep. Trey Rhodes [R]

2019-04-02 - House - House Vote #426 (Y: 89 N: 72 NV: 8 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2019-04-02 - House - House Vote #427 (Y: 97 N: 61 NV: 11 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2019-04-02 - Senate - Senate Vote #431 (Y: 48 N: 5 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-04-02 - House - House Vote #428 (Y: 105 N: 61 NV: 4 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2019-03-28 - House - House Vote #314 (Y: 152 N: 22 NV: 3 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-02-21 - Senate - Senate Vote #46 (Y: 38 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-01		Effective Date
2019-05-07		Act 264
2019-05-07	Senate	Senate Date Signed by Governor
2019-04-09	Senate	Senate Sent to Governor
2019-04-02	House	House Conference Committee Report Adopted
2019-04-02	House	House Reconsidered
2019-04-02	Senate	Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
2019-04-02	House	House Conference Committee Lost
2019-04-02	House	House Conference Committee Appointed 120th, 159th, 16th
2019-04-02	Senate	Senate Conference Committee Appointed 7th, 31st, 53rd
2019-03-29	House	House Insisted
2019-03-29	Senate	Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
2019-03-28	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2019-03-28	House	House Third Readers
2019-03-21	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2019-03-18	House	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2019-03-01	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2019-02-25	House	House Second Readers
2019-02-22	House	House First Readers
2019-02-21	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended
2019-02-21	Senate	Senate Third Read
2019-02-14	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2019-02-13	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2019-02-08	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2019-02-07	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54694
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/180804
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/182322
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/183502
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/185120
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/187475
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/187484
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54694#16558
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54694#17044
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54694#17258
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54694#17321
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54694#17257
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54694#17256