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Bill Domestic relations; protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to provide protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; to provide for a definition and an exclusion; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 177 Georgia HB 177 (2025_26)
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DOMESTIC RELATIONS
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Deborah Silcox
Kasey Carpenter
Kimberly New
Matt Reeves
Sharon Cooper
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Georgia HB 177 (2025_26) — Domestic relations; protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to provide protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; to provide for a definition and an exclusion; 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 177/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 57 0200/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #46 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1643 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #431 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 521 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
  • Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
  • Kimberly New — primary (person)
  • Matt Reeves — primary (person)
  • Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2025-01-29 House Hopper introduction
  • 2025-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-02-12 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-19 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-02-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2025-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2025-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2025-04-02 Senate Tabled
  • 2025-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2025-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2025-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-13 Act 189 executive-signature
  • 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2e39786-65ae-4172-af1c-ae32c3c2c7d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).