Game and fish; remove an exception for use of air guns to hunt wildlife
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “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;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Show all 19 actions
House Hopper · Feb 18, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 19, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 20, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 27, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 6, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 10, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 21, 2025
Senate Tabled · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Third Read · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended · Apr 2, 2025
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 4, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 268 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENTSenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 52, nay 1, notVoting 2, excused 1
Agree to Senate Am as Amended by HouseHouse · 2025-04-04 · yea 170, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 6
PASSAGE AS AMENDEDSenate · 2025-04-02 · yea 52, nay 3, notVoting 0, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-06 · yea 171, nay 3, notVoting 2, excused 4
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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