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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding agriculture, so as to prohibit local ordinances that prohibit the operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural lands; to provide for agricultural products; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 413"
+citation: "Georgia HB 413 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "HEALTH", "PROPERTY", "WILLS", "TRUSTS", "AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charlice Byrd", "David Huddleston", "David Jenkins", "Joe Campbell", "Jordan Ridley"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2026-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d48186d7-9a89-4ffd-8c74-7ded2c6a8569"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4dcf573a89e3ea55f7cde54d47a9818d460435b2fe148e76350b562091dc508d"
+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 413 (2025_26) — Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding agriculture, so as to prohibit local ordinances that prohibit the operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural lands; to provide for agricultural products; to provide for definitions; 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 413/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249061.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 3031/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232277.pdf)
+3. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 2832S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246536.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #861 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **96–70** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #905 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #130 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
+- David Huddleston — primary (person)
+- David Jenkins — primary (person)
+- Joe Campbell — primary (person)
+- Jordan Ridley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-22** Act 379 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-22** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d48186d7-9a89-4ffd-8c74-7ded2c6a8569`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+