---
type: "Bill"
title: "Game and fish; authorize fluorescent pink hunting outer garments"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting, so as to authorize fluorescent pink hunting outer garments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 167"
citation: "Georgia HB 167 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAME AND FISH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angie O'Steen", "Chas Cannon", "Chuck Efstration", "Leesa Hagan", "Matt Dubnik"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80b9b031-30df-4fd5-b38c-f7943793d729"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "21275ca4b6e665c9fdbde6af9800ce57de9ac8a424552b961af9a9a7e1baa50e"
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 167 (2025_26) — Game and fish; authorize fluorescent pink hunting outer garments

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting, so as to authorize fluorescent pink hunting outer garments; 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 167/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236157.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2932/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230652.pdf)
3. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236055.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #59 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #233 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angie O'Steen — primary (person)
- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-09** Act 84 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80b9b031-30df-4fd5-b38c-f7943793d729`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).