republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-946.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Game and fish; authorize hunting and trapping of feral hogs under certain circumstances	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and fish, so as to authorize hunting and trapping of feral hogs under certain circumstances; to repeal provisions relating to wildlife control permits for feral hogs; to authorize location of feral hogs with unmanned aircraft systems; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 946	Georgia HB 946 (2025_26)	bill	GAME AND FISH	enacted	Chas Cannon Clint Crowe Jason Ridley Rob Clifton Trey Kelley Trey Rhodes	2	14	2	2026-01-12	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/4561e815-5b5e-447e-9a89-6255f3416efe	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d68183ac86b0bbd95376e684ad1e210e290d5088123ff6ff4e9b91669f346b68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 946 (2025_26) — Game and fish; authorize hunting and trapping of feral hogs under certain circumstances

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and fish, so as to authorize hunting and trapping of feral hogs under certain circumstances; to repeal provisions relating to wildlife control permits for feral hogs; to authorize location of feral hogs with unmanned aircraft systems; 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 946/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 3279/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #772 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #473 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chas Cannon — primary (person)
• Clint Crowe — primary (person)
• Jason Ridley — primary (person)
• Rob Clifton — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)
• Trey Rhodes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-01-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-01-29 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-03 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 479 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4561e815-5b5e-447e-9a89-6255f3416efe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).