---
type: "Bill"
title: "Freedom to Farm Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 41-1-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to treatment of agricultural facilities and operations and forest land as nuisances, so as to provide for legislative intent; to remove a definition; to limit the circumstances under which agricultural facilities and operations may be sued for a nuisance; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1150"
citation: "Georgia HB 1150 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Clay Pirkle", "Rick Jasperse", "Robert Dickey", "Sam Watson", "Terry England"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/178b48eb-185a-4f33-a613-c41341bf6546"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c16a9f9ecc1cafc488527fe5477718d2b0866c55853b3a12107859c0ffae138e"
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 1150 (2021_22) — Freedom to Farm Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 41-1-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to treatment of agricultural facilities and operations and forest land as nuisances, so as to provide for legislative intent; to remove a definition; to limit the circumstances under which agricultural facilities and operations may be sued for a nuisance; to provide for a short title; 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 1150/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212218.pdf)
2. **LC 51 0085/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204607.pdf)
3. **LC 51 0143S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208294.pdf)
4. **LC 51 0143S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207729.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 51 0194S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210708.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 51 0202S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211294.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **102–62** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Camp — primary (person)
- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** House Hopper
- **2022-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Act 598 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/178b48eb-185a-4f33-a613-c41341bf6546`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).