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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State symbols; designate gray fox as official state mammal"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the gray fox as the official state mammal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 70"
+citation: "Georgia HB 70 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Carolyn Hugley", "Debbie Buckner", "John Pezold", "Richard Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-01-15"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddc20454-b7ae-42ab-a2d3-724057c462c0"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "dd307eb8edaab71f2effb2581579629b8e310c86a2a6ad21dc4d7ffde2e4886f"
+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 70 (2015_16) — State symbols; designate gray fox as official state mammal
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the gray fox as the official state mammal; to provide for related matters; 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 70/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153844.pdf)
+2. **LC 40 0717/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145579.pdf)
+3. **LC 40 0812S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148939.pdf)
+4. **LC 40 0812S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147817.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0903S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152027.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **163–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
+- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
+- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
+- John Pezold — primary (person)
+- Richard Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-01-15** House Hopper
+- **2015-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-02-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-04-30** Act 37 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddc20454-b7ae-42ab-a2d3-724057c462c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+