---
type: "Bill"
title: "Game and fish; definition of \"game fish\"; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 27-1-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and fish definitions, so as to revise the definition of \"game fish\"; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 36"
citation: "Georgia HB 36 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bob Bryant", "Delvis Dutton", "Jason Spencer", "Jon Burns", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-07"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1423b8c4-1c01-4577-ace9-d32bfc8f9f3b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "35bb85c6ec34ad1e23ddfd865a4586f5498b5aacddf85f969e81d3781e8e441d"
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 36 (2013_14) — Game and fish; definition of "game fish"; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 27-1-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and fish definitions, so as to revise the definition of "game fish"; 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 36/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136341.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0218/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128351.pdf)
3. **LC 40 0218/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128117.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Bob Bryant — primary (person)
- Delvis Dutton — primary (person)
- Jason Spencer — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-01-07** House Prefiled `introduction`
- **2013-01-15** House Hopper
- **2013-01-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-01-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 186 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1423b8c4-1c01-4577-ace9-d32bfc8f9f3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).