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type: "Bill"
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title: "Conservation and natural resources; rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; change provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12 and Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources and game and fish, respectively, so as to change provisions relating to rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; to authorize the grant of wildlife exhibition permits for use by the film industry; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 840"
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citation: "Georgia HB 840 (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: ["Butch Parrish", "Gerald Greene", "Lynn Smith", "Ron Stephens", "Tom McCall"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-26"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64393a55-60ac-4077-ba55-a89208571b74"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6d6a183002d1bc60b3ba50fcaa1f60643860106eb998c73d873665cd6f305248"
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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 840 (2015_16) — Conservation and natural resources; rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; change provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12 and Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources and game and fish, respectively, so as to change provisions relating to rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; to authorize the grant of wildlife exhibition permits for use by the film industry; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 840/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159848.pdf)
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2. **LC 40 1034/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155581.pdf)
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3. **LC 40 1061S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157112.pdf)
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4. **LC 40 1061S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156299.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **155–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — 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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- **2016-01-26** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 456 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/64393a55-60ac-4077-ba55-a89208571b74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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