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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Game and fish; trapping of raccoons in certain counties; repeal a provision"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wildlife trapping, trappers, and fur dealers, so as to repeal a provision prohibiting the trapping of raccoons in certain counties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 160"
+citation: "Georgia HB 160 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Broadrick", "Carl Rogers", "Emory Dunahoo", "Joyce Chandler", "Micah Gravley", "Rick Jasperse"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-01-28"
+last_action: "2015-04-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9bf4cf2-3504-40f6-bd74-95c1da8d4de8"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1aafc635509438236e7687e6d3f9e48b53175c2bac625d6eb6db2ba0b8c8b216"
+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 HB 160 (2015_16) — Game and fish; trapping of raccoons in certain counties; repeal a provision
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wildlife trapping, trappers, and fur dealers, so as to repeal a provision prohibiting the trapping of raccoons in certain counties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 160/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152503.pdf)
+2. **LC 40 0762/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146223.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **144–18** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
+- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
+- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
+- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
+- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-01-28** House Hopper
+- **2015-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-02-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-04-29** Act 26 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-04-29** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9bf4cf2-3504-40f6-bd74-95c1da8d4de8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+