---
type: "Bill"
title: "State symbols; marsh tacky horse as official Georgia heritage horse breed; designate"
description: "A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other state symbols, so as to designate the marsh tacky horse as the official Georgia heritage horse breed; to provide legislative findings and declarations; 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 466"
citation: "Georgia HB 466 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Jesse Petrea", "Matt Reeves", "Mike Cameron", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7a9c7e6-0efe-45a7-863b-7f86adb5aa15"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "15ed83b669aca5b49051c97eace1f09c44123e633bce8dccf4f5d267b15f9bf2"
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 466 (2025_26) — State symbols; marsh tacky horse as official Georgia heritage horse breed; designate

A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other state symbols, so as to designate the marsh tacky horse as the official Georgia heritage horse breed; to provide legislative findings and declarations; 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 466/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249062.pdf)
2. **LC 62 0080/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232494.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 59 0462S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247061.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #223 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #904 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **41–6** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #863 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Act 382 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7a9c7e6-0efe-45a7-863b-7f86adb5aa15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).