---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal Protection; require inspection of certain animals entering into the state"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to animal protection, so as to require inspection of certain animals entering into the state; 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: "SB 175"
citation: "Georgia SB 175 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis Black", "Frank Ginn", "John Wilkinson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee434f8e-5f7f-4aa1-bbd6-26a2fea44a48"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "be738aa9418b5b97797a36fd375f34c81a4aa49bd69278402f0d8a9473180239"
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 175 (2015_16) — Animal Protection; require inspection of certain animals entering into the state

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to animal protection, so as to require inspection of certain animals entering into the state; 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. **As introduced LC 40 0846** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149315.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150570.pdf)
3. **Floor Amendment - AM 40 0144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152836.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150541.pdf)
5. **LC 40 0933S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152330.pdf)
6. **SB 175/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153993.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **49–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-25** Senate Hopper
- **2015-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2015-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 304 `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/ee434f8e-5f7f-4aa1-bbd6-26a2fea44a48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).