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type: "Bill"
title: "Animals; prohibit transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding animal protection, so as to prohibit the transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations; to provide for exceptions; to provide for enforcement; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "Georgia HB 331 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Joseph Gullett", "Kimberly New", "Leesa Hagan", "Mike Cameron", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d95a1abd-3db8-41a8-805a-28117fed17bb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "de1d0cf0ad1fe39f33493196ceb3e4a4118fbc6d73612c27e56ae3a364bd16a0"
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 331 (2025_26) — Animals; prohibit transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding animal protection, so as to prohibit the transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations; to provide for exceptions; to provide for enforcement; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions; 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 331/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237011.pdf)
2. **LC 44 3007/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231680.pdf)
3. **LC 44 3108S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235544.pdf)
4. **LC 44 3108S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233775.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #227 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **16113** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #270 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **531** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Beth Camp — primary (person)
- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
- Kimberly New — primary (person)
- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-09** Act 81 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d95a1abd-3db8-41a8-805a-28117fed17bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).