---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advertisement and Sale of Meat; representation of nonanimal products and non-slaughtered animal flesh as meat; render unlawful"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to advertisement and sale of meat generally, so as to render unlawful the representation of nonanimal products and non-slaughtered animal flesh as meat; to provide a definition; 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: "SB 211"
citation: "Georgia SB 211 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Heath", "Ellis Black", "Greg Kirk", "John Wilkinson", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2020-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0d9eb41-80ae-4e9c-8453-50d631a80721"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b2caf8316140330d345bbc553ec87bc92fa0015e348caa73e94d93d3bc3ba256"
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 211 (2019_20) — Advertisement and Sale of Meat; representation of nonanimal products and non-slaughtered animal flesh as meat; render unlawful

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to advertisement and sale of meat generally, so as to render unlawful the representation of nonanimal products and non-slaughtered animal flesh as meat; to provide a definition; 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 44 1173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183080.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183958.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1 LC AM 44 0102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184000.pdf)
4. **LC 44 1522S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194317.pdf)
5. **SB211/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194945.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **48–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Heath — primary (person)
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-24** Act 486 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-31** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0d9eb41-80ae-4e9c-8453-50d631a80721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).