---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural Commodity Commission for Beef; create; membership; powers"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agricultural commodity commissions generally, so as to create the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Beef; to provide for membership; to establish powers and limitations regarding assessments; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Georgia SB 97 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Heath", "Frank Ginn", "John Wilkinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-01"
last_action: "2013-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9169bb9f-c0e6-4df7-a398-e1140370e538"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "614f73a62e4d1b724e47214a9eda3d3850c4d036f34191e2ec6f7175a31d5dcb"
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 97 (2013_14) — Agricultural Commodity Commission for Beef; create; membership; powers

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agricultural commodity commissions generally, so as to create the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Beef; to provide for membership; to establish powers and limitations regarding assessments; to provide 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 40 0238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129488.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130999.pdf)
3. **SB 97/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136898.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Heath — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-01** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-02-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-02-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-17** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-17** Act 16 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-17** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9169bb9f-c0e6-4df7-a398-e1140370e538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).