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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Department of Natural Resources; hunter mentor program; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting, trapping, or fishing, so as to provide for a hunter mentor program within the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for definitions; to provide for program criteria and terms and conditions; to provide for a special hunting passport for program participants; to provide for findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "SB 332"
+citation: "Georgia SB 332 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Heath", "Dean Burke", "Frank Ginn", "Jack Hill", "John Wilkinson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Matt Brass", "Tyler Harper"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-19"
+last_action: "2018-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/329a7a02-9d0a-4515-a1f9-115d94ca2062"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "17b0962b9ec6cfbf9560470f19714df736f3ce21360e16fc509576a0c182dfe4"
+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 332 (2017_18) — Department of Natural Resources; hunter mentor program; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting, trapping, or fishing, so as to provide for a hunter mentor program within the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for definitions; to provide for program criteria and terms and conditions; to provide for a special hunting passport for program participants; to provide for findings; 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.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **56–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Heath — primary (person)
+- Dean Burke — primary (person)
+- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
+- Jack Hill — primary (person)
+- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-19** Senate Hopper
+- **2018-01-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-23** House Postponed
+- **2018-03-27** House Postponed
+- **2018-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Act 478 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/329a7a02-9d0a-4515-a1f9-115d94ca2062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+