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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Game and fish; hunting and trapping of raccoons and opossum year round; authorize"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wildlife generally, so as to authorize the hunting and trapping of raccoons and opossum year round; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1147"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1147 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jason Ridley", "John Corbett", "John LaHood", "Steven Sainz", "Trey Rhodes", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-01"
+last_action: "2022-05-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7263d5d2-3f1a-4057-8dc9-8584d830a4cf"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0a52a271b4c97aeab59ec1b818384043d2da9f5e5278ff54243f9a62c6dd8abd"
+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 1147 (2021_22) — Game and fish; hunting and trapping of raccoons and opossum year round; authorize
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wildlife generally, so as to authorize the hunting and trapping of raccoons and opossum year round; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 1147/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211206.pdf)
+2. **LC 51 0077/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204628.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 51 0172S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208981.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **141–17** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
+- John Corbett — primary (person)
+- John LaHood — primary (person)
+- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
+- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
+- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-01** House Hopper
+- **2022-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-17** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-10** Act 863 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-10** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7263d5d2-3f1a-4057-8dc9-8584d830a4cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+