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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Advertisement and Sale of Meat; representation of nonanimal products and non-slaughtered animal flesh as meat; render unlawful"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to advertisement and sale of meat generally, so as to render unlawful the representation of nonanimal products and non-slaughtered animal flesh as meat; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 211"
+citation: "Georgia SB 211 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Heath", "Ellis Black", "Greg Kirk", "John Wilkinson", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2020-12-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0d9eb41-80ae-4e9c-8453-50d631a80721"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b2caf8316140330d345bbc553ec87bc92fa0015e348caa73e94d93d3bc3ba256"
+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 211 (2019_20) — Advertisement and Sale of Meat; representation of nonanimal products and non-slaughtered animal flesh as meat; render unlawful
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to advertisement and sale of meat generally, so as to render unlawful the representation of nonanimal products and non-slaughtered animal flesh as meat; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; 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 44 1173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183080.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183958.pdf)
+3. **Floor amend 1 LC AM 44 0102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184000.pdf)
+4. **LC 44 1522S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194317.pdf)
+5. **SB211/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194945.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **48–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Heath — primary (person)
+- Ellis Black — primary (person)
+- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
+- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
+- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2020-06-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-24** Act 486 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-12-31** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0d9eb41-80ae-4e9c-8453-50d631a80721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+