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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Agriculture; agricultural commodity commissions; revise a definition"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-8-11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding agricultural commodity commissions, so as to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 1237"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1237 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chas Cannon", "Joe Campbell", "John Corbett", "Lehman Franklin", "Robert Dickey", "Steven Meeks"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-12"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1258d44-ce2d-4f9e-873f-2782ba2d2d28"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3520cf758ab5cee279bc2311efb279200ffefb44fe3b56953b594da9db6e242a"
+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 1237 (2023_24) — Agriculture; agricultural commodity commissions; revise a definition
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-8-11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding agricultural commodity commissions, so as to revise 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. **HB 1237/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227801.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 2692/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223707.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #706 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #551 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
+- Joe Campbell — primary (person)
+- John Corbett — primary (person)
+- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Act 410 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1258d44-ce2d-4f9e-873f-2782ba2d2d28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+