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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Animals; Companion Local Government Animal Trust Fund for reimbursement of impoundment expenses incurred by local governments; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 4-11-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for pet dealers and kennel, stable, or animal shelter operators, requirement, issuance, and application, so as to provide for a Companion Local Government Animal Trust Fund for reimbursement of impoundment expenses incurred by local governments; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for promulgation of regulations; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for an effective date and automatic repeal; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 574"
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citation: "Georgia HB 574 (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: ["Beth Camp", "David Jenkins", "Dewayne Hill", "Mike Cameron", "Penny Houston", "Philip Singleton"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-22"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e02d7e38-cf8c-4c82-bbbb-315a5d6969b3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ca8e0ebc0535750080e8102d363de8859e1e9954a67e5fafa4ff8d5e254f9f5f"
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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 574 (2021_22) — Animals; Companion Local Government Animal Trust Fund for reimbursement of impoundment expenses incurred by local governments; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 4-11-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for pet dealers and kennel, stable, or animal shelter operators, requirement, issuance, and application, so as to provide for a Companion Local Government Animal Trust Fund for reimbursement of impoundment expenses incurred by local governments; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for promulgation of regulations; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for an effective date and automatic repeal; 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 574/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202515.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 1617/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198292.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1722S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201410.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Beth Camp — primary (person)
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- David Jenkins — primary (person)
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- Dewayne Hill — primary (person)
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- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-22** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-10** Act 278 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/e02d7e38-cf8c-4c82-bbbb-315a5d6969b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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