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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Dog Ownership; allow local governments to confer dog control authority upon multiple individuals"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to responsible dog ownership, so as to allow local governments to confer dog control authority upon multiple individuals; to provide for the hearing of contested cases by superior courts; to require dog owners to pay for reasonable confinement and housing expenses in certain cases; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "SB 290"
+citation: "Georgia SB 290 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dean Burke", "John Crosby"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-01-15"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63302dba-6444-4d51-bac4-f2692194d8bc"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "981b47b6f442d204ce5db6f788dc02d04fab86025d74a07ec3b1c43efcc04e85"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 290 (2013_14) — Dog Ownership; allow local governments to confer dog control authority upon multiple individuals
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to responsible dog ownership, so as to allow local governments to confer dog control authority upon multiple individuals; to provide for the hearing of contested cases by superior courts; to require dog owners to pay for reasonable confinement and housing expenses in certain cases; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 40 0415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138063.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139399.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 29 5841S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139092.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 6045S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143815.pdf)
+5. **SB 290/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145058.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dean Burke — primary (person)
+- John Crosby — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-01-15** Senate Hopper
+- **2014-01-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-02-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-20** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2014-03-27** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-21** Act 554 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63302dba-6444-4d51-bac4-f2692194d8bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+