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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Seed Development Commission; stagger terms of members"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-4-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Seed Development Commission composition, officers, bylaws, quorum, compensation, records, audit, and bonds, so as to stagger the terms of commission members; 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: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 894"
+citation: "Georgia HB 894 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "John Corbett", "Penny Houston", "Sam Watson", "Steven Meeks", "Tom McCall"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/445fbd59-c48f-4968-85a8-c4b9f41f3ac1"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "393bf4648891dc5549c29bcec63137bb95365bb1a61b4fbd113cf02eaf6d0946"
+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 894 (2019_20) — Seed Development Commission; stagger terms of members
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-4-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Seed Development Commission composition, officers, bylaws, quorum, compensation, records, audit, and bonds, so as to stagger the terms of commission members; 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. **HB 894/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195225.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 1399/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189500.pdf)
+3. **LC 44 1464S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192670.pdf)
+4. **LC 44 1464S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192098.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1503S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193769.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **161–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
+- John Corbett — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
+- Tom McCall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-05** House Hopper
+- **2020-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-28** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2020-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2020-06-22** Senate Transmitted House
+- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2020-07-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-29** Act 499 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/445fbd59-c48f-4968-85a8-c4b9f41f3ac1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+