---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agritourism; add farm weddings to the definition"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bona fide conservation use property, so as to add farm weddings to the definition of agritourism; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 145"
citation: "Georgia SB 145 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Heath", "Tommie Williams", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/444facb1-199b-400d-b2a1-755e3a11e806"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fbb29b00be382817c8e43333418899ea8ad5638eed03f3d1efd970c86f4f8686"
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 145 (2013_14) — Agritourism; add farm weddings to the definition

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bona fide conservation use property, so as to add farm weddings to the definition of agritourism; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 34 3701** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130439.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133390.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 34 3774S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132713.pdf)
4. **LC 34 3888S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135369.pdf)
5. **SB 145/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137176.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Heath — primary (person)
- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-11** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 217 `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/444facb1-199b-400d-b2a1-755e3a11e806`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).