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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; cruelty to animals and aggravated cruelty to animals; change provisions"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 863"
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citation: "Georgia HB 863 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B.J. Pak", "Jan Jones", "Mark Hamilton", "Matt Ramsey", "Mike Dudgeon", "Rich Golick"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2014-01-27"
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last_action: "2014-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de92386a-0f97-4b97-b9cb-ef066f191ca8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "66c75f919f8b8c4714d969aa313ced8772d3094b4c613af0fc3a571688c4997c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 863 (2013_14) — Crimes and offenses; cruelty to animals and aggravated cruelty to animals; change provisions
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 863/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144835.pdf)
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2. **HB 863/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141156.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 5809/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138364.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 5947S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140586.pdf)
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5. **SCSFA to HB 863** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144337.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6013S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142680.pdf)
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7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 29 2314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143838.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- B.J. Pak — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
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- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
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- Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
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- Rich Golick — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-01-27** House Hopper
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- **2014-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2014-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-22** Act 588 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de92386a-0f97-4b97-b9cb-ef066f191ca8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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