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legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-574.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Animals; Companion Local Government Animal Trust Fund for reimbursement of impoundment expenses incurred by local governments; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 4-11-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for pet dealers and kennel, stable, or animal shelter operators, requirement, issuance, and application, so as to provide for a Companion Local Government Animal Trust Fund for reimbursement of impoundment expenses incurred by local governments; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for promulgation of regulations; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for an effective date and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 574"
+citation: "Georgia HB 574 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "David Jenkins", "Dewayne Hill", "Mike Cameron", "Penny Houston", "Philip Singleton"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-22"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e02d7e38-cf8c-4c82-bbbb-315a5d6969b3"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "ca8e0ebc0535750080e8102d363de8859e1e9954a67e5fafa4ff8d5e254f9f5f"
+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 574 (2021_22) — Animals; Companion Local Government Animal Trust Fund for reimbursement of impoundment expenses incurred by local governments; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 4-11-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for pet dealers and kennel, stable, or animal shelter operators, requirement, issuance, and application, so as to provide for a Companion Local Government Animal Trust Fund for reimbursement of impoundment expenses incurred by local governments; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for promulgation of regulations; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for an effective date and automatic repeal; 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. **HB 574/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202515.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 1617/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198292.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1722S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201410.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beth Camp — primary (person)
+- David Jenkins — primary (person)
+- Dewayne Hill — primary (person)
+- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-22** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-10** Act 278 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e02d7e38-cf8c-4c82-bbbb-315a5d6969b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+