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type: "Bill"
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title: "Game and fish; hunting and trapping of raccoons and opossum year round; authorize"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wildlife generally, so as to authorize the hunting and trapping of raccoons and opossum year round; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 1147"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1147 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jason Ridley", "John Corbett", "John LaHood", "Steven Sainz", "Trey Rhodes", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-01"
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last_action: "2022-05-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7263d5d2-3f1a-4057-8dc9-8584d830a4cf"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0a52a271b4c97aeab59ec1b818384043d2da9f5e5278ff54243f9a62c6dd8abd"
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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 1147 (2021_22) — Game and fish; hunting and trapping of raccoons and opossum year round; authorize
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wildlife generally, so as to authorize the hunting and trapping of raccoons and opossum year round; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 1147/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211206.pdf)
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2. **LC 51 0077/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204628.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 51 0172S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208981.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **141–17** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- John LaHood — primary (person)
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- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
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- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-01** House Hopper
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- **2022-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-17** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-10** Act 863 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-10** 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/7263d5d2-3f1a-4057-8dc9-8584d830a4cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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