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type: "Bill"
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title: "Game and fish; hunting of feral hogs; revise provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and fish, so as to revise provisions relating to the hunting of feral hogs; to revise definitions; to allow for the taking of feral hogs without a hunting license; to remove additional restrictions on the hunting of feral hogs; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 475"
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citation: "Georgia HB 475 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden", "Darlene Taylor", "John Meadows", "Jon Burns", "Terry England", "Tom McCall"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-24"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df9dc5f1-5306-4cbc-ab52-9bbd8543c9b9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d6c8532e4a0d1d6cc2b29a53cf206968ca19aced0c44cd0a4da4a32f20633a02"
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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 475 (2015_16) — Game and fish; hunting of feral hogs; revise provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and fish, so as to revise provisions relating to the hunting of feral hogs; to revise definitions; to allow for the taking of feral hogs without a hunting license; to remove additional restrictions on the hunting of feral hogs; 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 475/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153811.pdf)
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2. **LC 40 0843/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149125.pdf)
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3. **LC 40 0900S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151327.pdf)
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4. **LC 40 0900S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150698.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0929S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152729.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- John Meadows — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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- Tom McCall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-24** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Act 228 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/df9dc5f1-5306-4cbc-ab52-9bbd8543c9b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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