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type: "Bill"
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title: "Game and fish; effective date of rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Natural Resources; change"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to game and fish, so as to change the effective date of rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Natural Resources; to revise the implied consent warning for hunting under the influence; to amend Code Section 52-7-12.5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ordering drug, alcohol, or other substance tests and implied consent notice relative to operation of watercraft, so as to revise the implied consent warning; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to other state symbols, so as to designate the shoal bass as the official Georgia state riverine sport fish; to provide for legislative findings; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 998"
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citation: "Georgia HB 998 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Buckner", "John Corbett", "Steve Tarvin", "Tom McCall", "Trey Rhodes"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-24"
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last_action: "2020-08-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdcfad51-2421-44bf-99b7-56bc24fb835b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fdac75065937f6204b8dd63c9bf9212c8d044ad85c4704bad0d2807c2c2ae754"
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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 998 (2019_20) — Game and fish; effective date of rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Natural Resources; change
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to game and fish, so as to change the effective date of rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Natural Resources; to revise the implied consent warning for hunting under the influence; to amend Code Section 52-7-12.5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ordering drug, alcohol, or other substance tests and implied consent notice relative to operation of watercraft, so as to revise the implied consent warning; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to other state symbols, so as to designate the shoal bass as the official Georgia state riverine sport fish; to provide for legislative findings; 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 998/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195237.pdf)
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2. **LC 45 0433/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190744.pdf)
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3. **LC 45 0442S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193236.pdf)
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4. **LC 45 0442S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192010.pdf)
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5. **SCSFA to HB998** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194563.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1515S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194086.pdf)
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7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 44 0139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194447.pdf)
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8. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 44 0140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194487.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **163–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
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- Tom McCall — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-24** House Hopper
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- **2020-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-12** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-16** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Third Read Tabled
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-07-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** Act 600 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** 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/fdcfad51-2421-44bf-99b7-56bc24fb835b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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