---
type: "Bill"
title: "Malt beverages; amount produced by a person in his or her private residence; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding malt beverages, so as to change the amount of malt beverages that may be produced by a person in his or her private residence; to provide that malt beverages so produced may be transported and delivered for use at home-brew special events; to provide for the issuance of home-brew special event permits; to provide for rules and regulations to be adopted by the state revenue commissioner governing home-brew special events; to prohibit sales and limit consumption of malt beverages produced in a private residence; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 99"
citation: "Georgia HB 99 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Billy Mitchell", "Brett Harrell", "Jason Spencer", "Kevin Cooke", "Rusty Kidd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-17"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/688ee0a2-e560-42d3-8fde-7bdd2632dcf6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ab5322992fcf370297cab121bcabb9855181a82c097257b28f476a1748ab425e"
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 99 (2013_14) — Malt beverages; amount produced by a person in his or her private residence; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding malt beverages, so as to change the amount of malt beverages that may be produced by a person in his or her private residence; to provide that malt beverages so produced may be transported and delivered for use at home-brew special events; to provide for the issuance of home-brew special event permits; to provide for rules and regulations to be adopted by the state revenue commissioner governing home-brew special events; to prohibit sales and limit consumption of malt beverages produced in a private residence; 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 99/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136478.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2231/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128583.pdf)
3. **LC 36 2301S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133019.pdf)
4. **LC 36 2301S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131707.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **151–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
- Jason Spencer — primary (person)
- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
- Rusty Kidd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-17** House Hopper
- **2013-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 190 `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/688ee0a2-e560-42d3-8fde-7bdd2632dcf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).