---
type: "Bill"
title: "State symbols; designate gray fox as official state mammal"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the gray fox as the official state mammal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Georgia HB 70 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Carolyn Hugley", "Debbie Buckner", "John Pezold", "Richard Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-15"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddc20454-b7ae-42ab-a2d3-724057c462c0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dd307eb8edaab71f2effb2581579629b8e310c86a2a6ad21dc4d7ffde2e4886f"
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 70 (2015_16) — State symbols; designate gray fox as official state mammal

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the gray fox as the official state mammal; 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 70/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153844.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0717/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145579.pdf)
3. **LC 40 0812S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148939.pdf)
4. **LC 40 0812S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147817.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0903S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152027.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **163–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- John Pezold — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-15** House Hopper
- **2015-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-04-30** Act 37 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddc20454-b7ae-42ab-a2d3-724057c462c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).