republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-356.md

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Bill	Animals; provide definition of term "owner"; impoundment of animals for any violation; caring for an impounded animal	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to animals, so as to provide a definition of the term "owner"; to provide for impoundment of animals for any violation of Article 1 of Chapter 11 of said title; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to magistrate courts, so as to provide for the foreclosure of liens on animals; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 356	Georgia SB 356 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Jesse Stone Michael Williams Renee Unterman	4	15	1	2016-02-10	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/04cfa615-8eb9-4266-baf0-28c535f54a5d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f15f2ebc5cffdc1e1c6b16de8fa6c7585372537cd1735065dc249184d746ed6d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 356 (2015_16) — Animals; provide definition of term "owner"; impoundment of animals for any violation; caring for an impounded animal

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to animals, so as to provide a definition of the term "owner"; to provide for impoundment of animals for any violation of Article 1 of Chapter 11 of said title; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to magistrate courts, so as to provide for the foreclosure of liens on animals; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 44 0029 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 AM 44 0003 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 356/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 50–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-10 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-17 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-23 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 348 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04cfa615-8eb9-4266-baf0-28c535f54a5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).