---
type: "Bill"
title: "Game and fish; possession of cervid carcasses; remove definitions; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 27-5-2.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to possession of cervid carcasses, so as to remove definitions; to amend which cervid parts may be brought in from outside of Georgia; to authorize the Department of Natural Resources to restrict the movement or transport of cervid carcasses, or carcass parts, upon detection of chronic wasting disease in certain places; to provide for enforcement of violations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "Georgia HB 1148 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Jason Ridley", "John Corbett", "John LaHood", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/238ec5d7-d218-4edc-a6d3-65266b81e930"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "93a2179801cb68dc3453719d0b641654cbba7e6c515bf581389f378e633fee81"
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 1148 (2021_22) — Game and fish; possession of cervid carcasses; remove definitions; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 27-5-2.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to possession of cervid carcasses, so as to remove definitions; to amend which cervid parts may be brought in from outside of Georgia; to authorize the Department of Natural Resources to restrict the movement or transport of cervid carcasses, or carcass parts, upon detection of chronic wasting disease in certain places; to provide for enforcement of violations; 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 1148/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210166.pdf)
2. **LC 51 0076/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204631.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **156–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Knight — primary (person)
- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- John LaHood — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** House Hopper
- **2022-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-10** Act 864 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/238ec5d7-d218-4edc-a6d3-65266b81e930`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).