republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-331.md

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Bill	Animals; prohibit transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations	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 regarding animal protection, so as to prohibit the transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations; to provide for exceptions; to provide for enforcement; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 331	Georgia HB 331 (2025_26)	bill	ANIMALS	enacted	Beth Camp Joseph Gullett Kimberly New Leesa Hagan Mike Cameron Sharon Cooper	4	15	2	2025-02-06	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d95a1abd-3db8-41a8-805a-28117fed17bb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	de1d0cf0ad1fe39f33493196ceb3e4a4118fbc6d73612c27e56ae3a364bd16a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 331 (2025_26) — Animals; prohibit transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations

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 regarding animal protection, so as to prohibit the transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations; to provide for exceptions; to provide for enforcement; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions; 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 331/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 3007/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 44 3108S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 44 3108S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #227 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 161–13 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #270 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beth Camp — primary (person)
• Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
• Kimberly New — primary (person)
• Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
• Mike Cameron — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-09 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-09 Act 81 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d95a1abd-3db8-41a8-805a-28117fed17bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).