HB 1497 - Vicious dogs; requirements for owners; provide

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Current Status

04/27/06 - House Date Signed by Governor

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dogs, so as to provide for requirements for persons who own vicious dogs; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements for possessing a vicious dog; to provide for restrictions on permitting vicious dogs to be outside of proper enclosures; to provide for confiscation of vicious dogs under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties; to provide that the article is supplementary to other laws; to provide for liability for damages; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
Date Time Vote No Yeas Nays NV Exc Description
03/13/06 11:53 PM House Vote #882 155 010 007 008 PASS
03/30/06 03:56 PM Senate Vote #1139 049 000 005 002 PASSAGE

Status History

Bill History
Date Action
03/01/2006 House First Readers
03/02/2006 House Second Readers
03/08/2006 House Committee Favorably Reported
03/13/2006 House Third Readers
03/13/2006 House Passed/Adopted
03/14/2006 Senate Read and Referred
03/22/2006 Senate Recommitted
03/24/2006 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
03/24/2006 Senate Read Second Time
03/28/2006 Senate Third Read
03/28/2006 Senate Tabled
03/30/2006 Senate Taken from Table
03/30/2006 Senate Passed/Adopted
04/10/2006 House Sent to Governor
04/27/2006 House Date Signed by Governor
04/27/2006 Act 596
07/01/2006 Effective Date

Footnotes

3/22/06 Withdrawn from Agriculture and Consumer Affairs and committed to Public Safety and Homeland Security in the Senate
3/28/06 Tabled in the Senate
3/30/06 Taken from the Table in the Senate