republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-863.md

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Bill	Crimes and offenses; cruelty to animals and aggravated cruelty to animals; change provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to offenses against public health and morals, so as to change provisions relating to cruelty to animals and aggravated cruelty to animals; to provide for and change definitions; to clarify provisions relating to justification; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 863	Georgia HB 863 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	B.J. Pak Jan Jones Mark Hamilton Matt Ramsey Mike Dudgeon Rich Golick	7	23	1	2014-01-27	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/de92386a-0f97-4b97-b9cb-ef066f191ca8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	66c75f919f8b8c4714d969aa313ced8772d3094b4c613af0fc3a571688c4997c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 863 (2013_14) — Crimes and offenses; cruelty to animals and aggravated cruelty to animals; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to offenses against public health and morals, so as to change provisions relating to cruelty to animals and aggravated cruelty to animals; to provide for and change definitions; to clarify provisions relating to justification; 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 863/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 863/CSFA (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5809/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5947S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 863 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6013S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 29 2314 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B.J. Pak — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
• Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
• Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
• Rich Golick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-27 House Hopper
• 2014-01-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-06 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-07 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-13 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-13 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-13 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-20 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-27 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-22 Act 588 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de92386a-0f97-4b97-b9cb-ef066f191ca8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).