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type: "Bill"
title: "Animals; Companion Local Government Animal Trust Fund for reimbursement of impoundment expenses incurred by local governments; provide"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 574"
citation: "Georgia HB 574 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "David Jenkins", "Dewayne Hill", "Mike Cameron", "Penny Houston", "Philip Singleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e02d7e38-cf8c-4c82-bbbb-315a5d6969b3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ca8e0ebc0535750080e8102d363de8859e1e9954a67e5fafa4ff8d5e254f9f5f"
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 574 (2021_22) — Animals; Companion Local Government Animal Trust Fund for reimbursement of impoundment expenses incurred by local governments; provide
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 574/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202515.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1617/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198292.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1722S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201410.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Beth Camp — primary (person)
- David Jenkins — primary (person)
- Dewayne Hill — primary (person)
- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)
- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-22** House Hopper
- **2021-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10** Act 278 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e02d7e38-cf8c-4c82-bbbb-315a5d6969b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).