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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Agricultural products dealers; cotton and eggs from definition of \"agricultural products\"; remove"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dealers in agricultural products generally, so as to remove cotton and eggs from the definition of \"agricultural products\"; to establish a fee for licensing of dealers in agricultural products; to modify bond requirements for dealers in agricultural products; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grain dealers, so as to expand the definition of \"grain\"; to modify bond requirements for grain dealers; to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to eliminate obsolete registration and licensing requirements for pecan dealers and processors; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 268"
+citation: "Georgia HB 268 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden", "Chuck Williams", "Jon Burns", "Rick Jasperse", "Robert Dickey", "Terry England"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-08"
+last_action: "2013-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f7c63a-372b-4f8d-bc20-e6b256b1e7e6"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0bd04f55bf256fc154128124e5acb85fa9e722f6a63733ae8f5bbf279c780645"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 268 (2013_14) — Agricultural products dealers; cotton and eggs from definition of "agricultural products"; remove
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dealers in agricultural products generally, so as to remove cotton and eggs from the definition of "agricultural products"; to establish a fee for licensing of dealers in agricultural products; to modify bond requirements for dealers in agricultural products; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grain dealers, so as to expand the definition of "grain"; to modify bond requirements for grain dealers; to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to eliminate obsolete registration and licensing requirements for pecan dealers and processors; 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 268/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135868.pdf)
+2. **LC 40 0276/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130237.pdf)
+3. **LC 40 0336S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133183.pdf)
+4. **LC 40 0336S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132596.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0388S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134473.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **167–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
+- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-08** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-03-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-06** Act 262 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6f7c63a-372b-4f8d-bc20-e6b256b1e7e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+