---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural products dealers; cotton and eggs from definition of \"agricultural products\"; remove"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dealers in agricultural products generally, so as to remove cotton and eggs from the definition of \"agricultural products\"; to establish a fee for licensing of dealers in agricultural products; to modify bond requirements for dealers in agricultural products; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grain dealers, so as to expand the definition of \"grain\"; to modify bond requirements for grain dealers; to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to eliminate obsolete registration and licensing requirements for pecan dealers and processors; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 268"
citation: "Georgia HB 268 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden", "Chuck Williams", "Jon Burns", "Rick Jasperse", "Robert Dickey", "Terry England"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-08"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f7c63a-372b-4f8d-bc20-e6b256b1e7e6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0bd04f55bf256fc154128124e5acb85fa9e722f6a63733ae8f5bbf279c780645"
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 268 (2013_14) — Agricultural products dealers; cotton and eggs from definition of "agricultural products"; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dealers in agricultural products generally, so as to remove cotton and eggs from the definition of "agricultural products"; to establish a fee for licensing of dealers in agricultural products; to modify bond requirements for dealers in agricultural products; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grain dealers, so as to expand the definition of "grain"; to modify bond requirements for grain dealers; to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to eliminate obsolete registration and licensing requirements for pecan dealers and processors; 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 268/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135868.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0276/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130237.pdf)
3. **LC 40 0336S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133183.pdf)
4. **LC 40 0336S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132596.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0388S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134473.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-08** House Hopper
- **2013-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 262 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6f7c63a-372b-4f8d-bc20-e6b256b1e7e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).