---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Natural Resources; hunter mentor program; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting, trapping, or fishing, so as to provide for a hunter mentor program within the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for definitions; to provide for program criteria and terms and conditions; to provide for a special hunting passport for program participants; to provide for findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 332"
citation: "Georgia SB 332 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Heath", "Dean Burke", "Frank Ginn", "Jack Hill", "John Wilkinson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Matt Brass", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/329a7a02-9d0a-4515-a1f9-115d94ca2062"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "17b0962b9ec6cfbf9560470f19714df736f3ce21360e16fc509576a0c182dfe4"
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 332 (2017_18) — Department of Natural Resources; hunter mentor program; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting, trapping, or fishing, so as to provide for a hunter mentor program within the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for definitions; to provide for program criteria and terms and conditions; to provide for a special hunting passport for program participants; to provide for findings; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Heath — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jack Hill — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Senate Hopper
- **2018-01-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** House Postponed
- **2018-03-27** House Postponed
- **2018-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 478 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/329a7a02-9d0a-4515-a1f9-115d94ca2062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).