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type: "Bill"
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title: "Game and fish; authorize hunting and trapping of feral hogs under certain circumstances"
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description: "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."
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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 946"
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citation: "Georgia HB 946 (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: ["Chas Cannon", "Clint Crowe", "Jason Ridley", "Rob Clifton", "Trey Kelley", "Trey Rhodes"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4561e815-5b5e-447e-9a89-6255f3416efe"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d68183ac86b0bbd95376e684ad1e210e290d5088123ff6ff4e9b91669f346b68"
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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 946 (2025_26) — Game and fish; authorize hunting and trapping of feral hogs under certain circumstances
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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.
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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. **HB 946/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246935.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 3279/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239653.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #772 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #473 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
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- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
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- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
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- Rob Clifton — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — 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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- **2026-01-12** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 479 `executive-signature`
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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/4561e815-5b5e-447e-9a89-6255f3416efe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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