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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Animal Protection; require inspection of certain animals entering into the state"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to animal protection, so as to require inspection of certain animals entering into the state; 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: "SB 175"
+citation: "Georgia SB 175 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ellis Black", "Frank Ginn", "John Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-25"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee434f8e-5f7f-4aa1-bbd6-26a2fea44a48"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "be738aa9418b5b97797a36fd375f34c81a4aa49bd69278402f0d8a9473180239"
+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 175 (2015_16) — Animal Protection; require inspection of certain animals entering into the state
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to animal protection, so as to require inspection of certain animals entering into the state; 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. **As introduced LC 40 0846** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149315.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150570.pdf)
+3. **Floor Amendment - AM 40 0144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152836.pdf)
+4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150541.pdf)
+5. **LC 40 0933S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152330.pdf)
+6. **SB 175/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153993.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **49–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ellis Black — primary (person)
+- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
+- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-25** Senate Hopper
+- **2015-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2015-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-12** Act 304 `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/ee434f8e-5f7f-4aa1-bbd6-26a2fea44a48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+