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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Agricultural Commodity Commissions; public hearings with online public comment opportunities; replace"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agricultural commodity commissions generally, so as to replace certain public hearings with online public comment opportunities; to revise procedures for issuing, amending, and renewing marketing orders; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "SB 247"
+citation: "Georgia SB 247 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Butch Miller", "Carden Summers", "Dean Burke", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Kim Jackson", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Russ Goodman", "Sheikh Rahman", "Tyler Harper"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e03a1ec0-6c91-414c-ab89-9137f301f614"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "9aa46a94eb3d25eac23aad7635928d924c19d57e27e7779fb8f81f79d19dd6bc"
+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 247 (2021_22) — Agricultural Commodity Commissions; public hearings with online public comment opportunities; replace
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agricultural commodity commissions generally, so as to replace certain public hearings with online public comment opportunities; to revise procedures for issuing, amending, and renewing marketing orders; 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 1677** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198648.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200006.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 44 1702S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199330.pdf)
+4. **Floor amend 1 AM 44 0152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199977.pdf)
+5. **SB 247/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201141.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Carden Summers — primary (person)
+- Dean Burke — primary (person)
+- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
+- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
+- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
+- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
+- Max Burns — primary (person)
+- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
+- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
+- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-07** Act 262 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e03a1ec0-6c91-414c-ab89-9137f301f614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+