republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-72.md

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Bill	Game and Fish; hunting on wildlife management areas; prohibition; remove	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to game and fish, so as to remove a prohibition on hunting on wildlife management areas; to change the date of effective rules and regulations of the Board of Natural Resources; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to hunting, so as to provide for regulation of hunting with air guns of not less than 0.30 caliber; to modify seasons and bag limits for deer, opossum, and raccoon; to modify certain prohibitions relating to restrictions on hunting feral hogs; to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 72	Georgia SB 72 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Burt Jones Chuck Payne Frank Ginn Freddie Sims Jeff Mullis John Wilkinson Lindsey Tippins Matt Brass Steve Gooch Tyler Harper	8	25	1	2019-02-07	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/09ac31d6-3f97-4ee4-ba14-1c07aa8282e7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	99dd539dd6675daae16b23a3661d6677d161bbf4f4141e0ee320f7ad20fd18ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 72 (2019_20) — Game and Fish; hunting on wildlife management areas; prohibition; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to game and fish, so as to remove a prohibition on hunting on wildlife management areas; to change the date of effective rules and regulations of the Board of Natural Resources; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to hunting, so as to provide for regulation of hunting with air guns of not less than 0.30 caliber; to modify seasons and bag limits for deer, opossum, and raccoon; to modify certain prohibitions relating to restrictions on hunting feral hogs; to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to make conforming changes; 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 45 0208 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. CCR to SB 72 LC 45 0329S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 45 0019 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 45 0270S/hss (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 45 0297S/hss (committee substitute) — source
8. SB 72/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 38–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Sims — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-07 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-02-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-02-21 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2019-02-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 House Withdrawn, Recommitted withdrawal, referral-committee
• 2019-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-29 Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
• 2019-03-29 House Insisted
• 2019-04-02 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 7th, 31st, 53rd
• 2019-04-02 House Conference Committee Appointed 120th, 159th, 16th
• 2019-04-02 House Conference Committee Lost
• 2019-04-02 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2019-04-02 House Reconsidered
• 2019-04-02 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2019-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-07 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-07 Act 264 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09ac31d6-3f97-4ee4-ba14-1c07aa8282e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).