---
type: "Bill"
title: "Game and fish; Type I nonresident infant lifetime sportsman's license; add"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting, trapping, or fishing licenses, permits, and stamps generally, so as to add a Type I nonresident infant lifetime sportsman's license; to clarify fees for replacement licenses; to correct a cross-reference; 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: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 786"
citation: "Georgia HB 786 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Jay Roberts", "Jon Burns"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-21"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37fbd2ab-25ea-4f1b-b19d-286b98d3cb5f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "71dd8a1663b789972c91234cb4c631453c259b7a904ee6012188e8a9177b6edb"
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 786 (2013_14) — Game and fish; Type I nonresident infant lifetime sportsman's license; add

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting, trapping, or fishing licenses, permits, and stamps generally, so as to add a Type I nonresident infant lifetime sportsman's license; to clarify fees for replacement licenses; to correct a cross-reference; 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 786/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144922.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0491/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137713.pdf)
3. **LC 40 0641S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144635.pdf)
4. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142733.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142734.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Knight — primary (person)
- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-21** House Hopper
- **2014-01-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2014-03-11** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-18** Senate Insisted
- **2014-03-20** House Insisted
- **2014-03-20** House Conference Committee Appointed 130th, 159th, 155th
- **2014-03-20** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 7th, 17th, 20th
- **2014-03-20** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2014-03-20** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-29** Act 667 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37fbd2ab-25ea-4f1b-b19d-286b98d3cb5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).