---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Seed Development Commission; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Seed Development Commission, so as to change certain provisions relating to the Georgia Seed Development Commission and its membership; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1030"
citation: "Georgia HB 1030 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominic LaRiccia", "John Corbett", "Penny Houston", "Sam Watson", "Terry England"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53826a1f-7480-4803-a882-b9126d973f51"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e1d457a36a796de94b9d7c3d7c34208a21907941ce7916b69cb0f3c0027700ef"
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 1030 (2015_16) — Georgia Seed Development Commission; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Seed Development Commission, so as to change certain provisions relating to the Georgia Seed Development Commission and its membership; 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 1030/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162162.pdf)
2. **LC 40 1109/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157597.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 1185S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160477.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** House Hopper
- **2016-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 555 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53826a1f-7480-4803-a882-b9126d973f51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).