---
type: "Bill"
title: "Game and fish; trapping of raccoons in certain counties; repeal a provision"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wildlife trapping, trappers, and fur dealers, so as to repeal a provision prohibiting the trapping of raccoons in certain counties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 160"
citation: "Georgia HB 160 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Broadrick", "Carl Rogers", "Emory Dunahoo", "Joyce Chandler", "Micah Gravley", "Rick Jasperse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2015-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9bf4cf2-3504-40f6-bd74-95c1da8d4de8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1aafc635509438236e7687e6d3f9e48b53175c2bac625d6eb6db2ba0b8c8b216"
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 160 (2015_16) — Game and fish; trapping of raccoons in certain counties; repeal a provision

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wildlife trapping, trappers, and fur dealers, so as to repeal a provision prohibiting the trapping of raccoons in certain counties; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 160/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152503.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0762/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146223.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **144–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-28** House Hopper
- **2015-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-04-29** Act 26 `executive-signature`
- **2015-04-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9bf4cf2-3504-40f6-bd74-95c1da8d4de8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).