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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Tanja's Law\"; provide measure of equivalency in punishment of crimes committed against police dogs in performance of their official duties"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide a measure of equivalency in the punishment of crimes committed against police dogs in the performance of their official duties as to that of peace officers; to provide a short title; 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: "SB 72"
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citation: "Georgia SB 72 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "Donzella James", "Fran Millar", "Gloria Butler", "Greg Kirk", "Harold Jones II", "Horacena Tate", "Hunter Hill", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Wilkinson", "P. K. Martin IV", "Ross Tolleson", "Tyler Harper", "Valencia Seay", "William Jackson"]
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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: "2015-01-29"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9972e691-ccd0-4d8b-b312-c8697fe89317"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f9aa25fba50b1840764703853f07b1e9ac04a70f6c2f5d59f4c0bbffd42b3395"
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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 SB 72 (2015_16) — "Tanja's Law"; provide measure of equivalency in punishment of crimes committed against police dogs in performance of their official duties
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide a measure of equivalency in the punishment of crimes committed against police dogs in the performance of their official duties as to that of peace officers; to provide a short title; 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. **As introduced LC 41 0326** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146387.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148703.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 0406S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147820.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6598S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151585.pdf)
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5. **SB 72/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153775.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **46–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Horacena Tate — primary (person)
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-29** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-02-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-17** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-01** Act 40 `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/9972e691-ccd0-4d8b-b312-c8697fe89317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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