---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dogs; provide breed-specific regulation shall be limited to enactment by general law"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to dogs, so as to provide that breed-specific regulation shall be limited to enactment by general law; 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 184"
citation: "Georgia SB 184 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Heath", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Ellis Black", "Ross Tolleson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19fb1b65-ccd9-49f3-bbde-2295edbaa4a2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "de3b0e37549bc47214e29f3cb948f4e2339bd4002fac640fed25495db1fcaf76"
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 184 (2015_16) — Dogs; provide breed-specific regulation shall be limited to enactment by general law

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to dogs, so as to provide that breed-specific regulation shall be limited to enactment by general law; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150907.pdf)
2. **As introduced by LC 40 0857** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149479.pdf)
3. **LC 28 8070S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159897.pdf)
4. **SB 184/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162157.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **42–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Heath — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Senate Hopper
- **2015-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 366 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19fb1b65-ccd9-49f3-bbde-2295edbaa4a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).