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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Game and Fish; hunting on wildlife management areas; prohibition; remove"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to game and fish, so as to remove a prohibition on hunting on wildlife management areas; to change the date of effective rules and regulations of the Board of Natural Resources; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to hunting, so as to provide for regulation of hunting with air guns of not less than 0.30 caliber; to modify seasons and bag limits for deer, opossum, and raccoon; to modify certain prohibitions relating to restrictions on hunting feral hogs; to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 72"
+citation: "Georgia SB 72 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Chuck Payne", "Frank Ginn", "Freddie Sims", "Jeff Mullis", "John Wilkinson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Matt Brass", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-07"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09ac31d6-3f97-4ee4-ba14-1c07aa8282e7"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "99dd539dd6675daae16b23a3661d6677d161bbf4f4141e0ee320f7ad20fd18ae"
+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 72 (2019_20) — Game and Fish; hunting on wildlife management areas; prohibition; remove
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to game and fish, so as to remove a prohibition on hunting on wildlife management areas; to change the date of effective rules and regulations of the Board of Natural Resources; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to hunting, so as to provide for regulation of hunting with air guns of not less than 0.30 caliber; to modify seasons and bag limits for deer, opossum, and raccoon; to modify certain prohibitions relating to restrictions on hunting feral hogs; to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to make conforming changes; 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 45 0208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180804.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182322.pdf)
+3. **CCR to SB 72 LC 45 0329S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187475.pdf)
+4. **Floor amend 1 AM 45 0019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182230.pdf)
+5. **Floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182289.pdf)
+6. **LC 45 0270S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183502.pdf)
+7. **LC 45 0297S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185120.pdf)
+8. **SB 72/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187484.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **38–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burt Jones — primary (person)
+- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
+- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
+- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-07** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2019-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2019-03-29** House Insisted
+- **2019-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 7th, 31st, 53rd
+- **2019-04-02** House Conference Committee Appointed 120th, 159th, 16th
+- **2019-04-02** House Conference Committee Lost
+- **2019-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2019-04-02** House Reconsidered
+- **2019-04-02** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 264 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09ac31d6-3f97-4ee4-ba14-1c07aa8282e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+