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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Animals; prohibit transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding animal protection, so as to prohibit the transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations; to provide for exceptions; to provide for enforcement; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 331"
+citation: "Georgia HB 331 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ANIMALS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Joseph Gullett", "Kimberly New", "Leesa Hagan", "Mike Cameron", "Sharon Cooper"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-06"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d95a1abd-3db8-41a8-805a-28117fed17bb"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "de1d0cf0ad1fe39f33493196ceb3e4a4118fbc6d73612c27e56ae3a364bd16a0"
+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 331 (2025_26) — Animals; prohibit transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding animal protection, so as to prohibit the transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations; to provide for exceptions; to provide for enforcement; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions; 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 331/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237011.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 3007/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231680.pdf)
+3. **LC 44 3108S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235544.pdf)
+4. **LC 44 3108S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233775.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #227 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **161–13** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #270 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beth Camp — primary (person)
+- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
+- Kimberly New — primary (person)
+- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
+- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-09** Act 81 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d95a1abd-3db8-41a8-805a-28117fed17bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+