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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Agritourism; add farm weddings to the definition"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bona fide conservation use property, so as to add farm weddings to the definition of agritourism; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "SB 145"
+citation: "Georgia SB 145 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Heath", "Tommie Williams", "Tyler Harper"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-11"
+last_action: "2013-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/444facb1-199b-400d-b2a1-755e3a11e806"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "fbb29b00be382817c8e43333418899ea8ad5638eed03f3d1efd970c86f4f8686"
+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 SB 145 (2013_14) — Agritourism; add farm weddings to the definition
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bona fide conservation use property, so as to add farm weddings to the definition of agritourism; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 34 3701** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130439.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133390.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 34 3774S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132713.pdf)
+4. **LC 34 3888S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135369.pdf)
+5. **SB 145/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137176.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **46–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Heath — primary (person)
+- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
+- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-11** Senate Hopper
+- **2013-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-05** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2013-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2013-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-06** Act 217 `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/444facb1-199b-400d-b2a1-755e3a11e806`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+