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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Dogs; provide breed-specific regulation shall be limited to enactment by general law"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to dogs, so as to provide that breed-specific regulation shall be limited to enactment by general law; 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 184"
+citation: "Georgia SB 184 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Heath", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Ellis Black", "Ross Tolleson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-26"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19fb1b65-ccd9-49f3-bbde-2295edbaa4a2"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "de3b0e37549bc47214e29f3cb948f4e2339bd4002fac640fed25495db1fcaf76"
+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 184 (2015_16) — Dogs; provide breed-specific regulation shall be limited to enactment by general law
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to dogs, so as to provide that breed-specific regulation shall be limited to enactment by general law; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150907.pdf)
+2. **As introduced by LC 40 0857** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149479.pdf)
+3. **LC 28 8070S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159897.pdf)
+4. **SB 184/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162157.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **42–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Heath — primary (person)
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- Dean Burke — primary (person)
+- Ellis Black — primary (person)
+- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-26** Senate Hopper
+- **2015-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 366 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19fb1b65-ccd9-49f3-bbde-2295edbaa4a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+