---
type: "Bill"
title: "Game and Fish; provide protection for certain wildlife habitats"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to game and fish, so as to provide protection for certain wildlife habitats; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 322"
citation: "Georgia SB 322 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Mullis", "John Wilkinson", "Rick Jeffares", "Ross Tolleson", "Tommie Williams", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-23"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d7acc28-6b64-4c2b-8a31-e8acd600b61f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "be6f2308cced252c7e1c503d989b25ed1f3815f1585aa4bdb51e915927ab0c25"
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 SB 322 (2013_14) — Game and Fish; provide protection for certain wildlife habitats

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to game and fish, so as to provide protection for certain wildlife habitats; 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. **As introduced LC 40 0477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137995.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139402.pdf)
3. **SB 322/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144497.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-23** Senate Hopper
- **2014-01-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-02-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-02-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-21** Act 557 `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/2d7acc28-6b64-4c2b-8a31-e8acd600b61f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).