---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages; revise penalties for a violation of Code Section 3-3-23"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibited acts regarding alcoholic beverages, so as to revise penalties for a violation of Code Section 3-3-23; 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: "SB 160"
citation: "Georgia SB 160 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Brandon Beach", "Burt Jones", "Jeff Mullis", "Michael Williams", "Tommie Williams", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/058b9500-0fac-446d-832e-ddf64bf7f26b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f2de78171b19659c23cafd2029729b0a977ca0632f716ac8c2b7d35ba2197976"
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 160 (2015_16) — Alcoholic Beverages; revise penalties for a violation of Code Section 3-3-23

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibited acts regarding alcoholic beverages, so as to revise penalties for a violation of Code Section 3-3-23; 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. **As introduced LC 41 0434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149060.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151259.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 41 0471S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150075.pdf)
4. **Floor Amendment - AM 29 2475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153684.pdf)
5. **LC 29 6618S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152074.pdf)
6. **LC 29 6637S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152532.pdf)
7. **SB 160/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154013.pdf)
8. **SB 160/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153691.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **48–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Michael Williams — primary (person)
- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-23** Senate Hopper
- **2015-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2015-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-31** House Postponed
- **2015-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 190 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/058b9500-0fac-446d-832e-ddf64bf7f26b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).