---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; provide for an Agricultural Commodity Commission for Wine and Grapes"
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 provide for an Agricultural Commodity Commission for Wine and Grapes; to provide a definition; to provide for composition, powers, and terms of office of the commission; to provide for limitations on assessments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1093"
citation: "Georgia HB 1093 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "Jason Ridley", "Sam Watson", "Steven Meeks", "Tom McCall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-03"
last_action: "2020-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c48daeb5-f4ee-4419-8383-078eb5ce196d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5855aba0be2a68761d610d574178fd9be7ba4c7666e76244ff6a506c70cef4fe"
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 1093 (2019_20) — Agriculture; provide for an Agricultural Commodity Commission for Wine and Grapes

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 provide for an Agricultural Commodity Commission for Wine and Grapes; to provide a definition; to provide for composition, powers, and terms of office of the commission; to provide for limitations on assessments; 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 1093/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195239.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1472/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191959.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1517S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194182.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **157–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-03** House Hopper
- **2020-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-23** Senate Third Read Tabled
- **2020-06-23** Senate Taken from Table
- **2020-06-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-03** Act 557 `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c48daeb5-f4ee-4419-8383-078eb5ce196d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).