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type: "Bill"
title: "Game and fish; rebuttable presumption of violation by individuals in possession of hunting paraphernalia while on others' lands; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 27-3-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirement of permission to hunt on lands of another, written permission, enforcement, and immunity of landowner from civil liability, so as to provide for a rebuttable presumption of violation of said Code section by individuals in possession of hunting paraphernalia while on others' lands; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 343"
citation: "Georgia HB 343 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominic LaRiccia", "John Corbett", "John LaHood", "Jon Burns", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccb5917d-bc0c-4a87-b31f-f89ba3ecbf0e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "aa41ae4e259a13198dc8a964b34cb3eeaa180d791047c6b1b4179b35f93e543f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 343 (2021_22) — Game and fish; rebuttable presumption of violation by individuals in possession of hunting paraphernalia while on others' lands; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 27-3-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirement of permission to hunt on lands of another, written permission, enforcement, and immunity of landowner from civil liability, so as to provide for a rebuttable presumption of violation of said Code section by individuals in possession of hunting paraphernalia while on others' lands; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 343/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211737.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1597/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196972.pdf)
3. **LC 44 1667S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197808.pdf)
4. **LC 44 1699S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200060.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 51 0155S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208094.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **172–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- John LaHood — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-08** House Hopper
- **2021-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-01** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-10** Act 861 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccb5917d-bc0c-4a87-b31f-f89ba3ecbf0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).