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type: "Bill"
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title: "Game and fish; remove an exception for use of air guns to hunt wildlife"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 and Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting and noncommercial fishing, respectively, so as to remove an exception for the use of air guns to hunt wildlife; to revise provisions concerning the taking of catfish by bow and arrow; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 491"
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citation: "Georgia HB 491 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["GAME AND FISH"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis", "Jason Ridley", "John Corbett", "Johnny Chastain", "Justin Howard", "Trey Rhodes"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-18"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acc0f865-4fac-482d-9b9c-145f5330e8bf"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "513974a8033e6710d40cc13c20d415c23f761449cf1ea0ecb8f17b6c49480fef"
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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 491 (2025_26) — Game and fish; remove an exception for use of air guns to hunt wildlife
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 and Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting and noncommercial fishing, respectively, so as to remove an exception for the use of air guns to hunt wildlife; to revise provisions concerning the taking of catfish by bow and arrow; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 44 0230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239171.pdf)
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2. **HB 491/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239326.pdf)
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3. **LC 44 3040/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232702.pdf)
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4. **LC 44 3109S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235532.pdf)
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5. **LC 44 3109S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234296.pdf)
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6. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 60 0007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238273.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #224 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–3** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #424 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–3** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #487 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #424 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
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- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- Johnny Chastain — primary (person)
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- Justin Howard — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 268 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/acc0f865-4fac-482d-9b9c-145f5330e8bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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