republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-175.md

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Bill	Animal Protection; require inspection of certain animals entering into the state	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to animal protection, so as to require inspection of certain animals entering into the state; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 175	Georgia SB 175 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ellis Black Frank Ginn John Wilkinson	6	16	1	2015-02-25	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ee434f8e-5f7f-4aa1-bbd6-26a2fea44a48	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	be738aa9418b5b97797a36fd375f34c81a4aa49bd69278402f0d8a9473180239	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 175 (2015_16) — Animal Protection; require inspection of certain animals entering into the state

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to animal protection, so as to require inspection of certain animals entering into the state; 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. As introduced LC 40 0846 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amendment - AM 40 0144 (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 40 0933S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 175/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 49–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-09 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-09 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2015-03-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 304 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee434f8e-5f7f-4aa1-bbd6-26a2fea44a48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).