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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Game and fish; provide for mariculture development"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to seafood, so as to provide for mariculture development; to amend Code Section 12-5-295 of the O.C.G.A., relating to applicability of activities in coastal marshlands, so as to revise and add an exemption certain; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 501"
+citation: "Georgia HB 501 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Carl Gilliard", "Don Hogan", "Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens", "Steven Sainz"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-26"
+last_action: "2019-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffc9d766-1672-408a-a4ef-d38e9aa0fdd9"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "59a304d9e506cf4ea49a6a9da564b2663e706dd827f6c3921dff6583edbdde45"
+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 501 (2019_20) — Game and fish; provide for mariculture development
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to seafood, so as to provide for mariculture development; to amend Code Section 12-5-295 of the O.C.G.A., relating to applicability of activities in coastal marshlands, so as to revise and add an exemption certain; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; 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 501/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185110.pdf)
+2. **LC 45 0255ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182967.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **102–60** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Al Williams — primary (person)
+- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
+- Don Hogan — primary (person)
+- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-26** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Act 217 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffc9d766-1672-408a-a4ef-d38e9aa0fdd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+