---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; hemp farming; compliance with federal laws and regulations; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hemp farming, so as to provide for compliance with federal laws and regulations; to provide for history reports; to provide for disposal of lots of hemp; to provide for sampling and random testing of hemp; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 336"
citation: "Georgia HB 336 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "John Corbett", "Rick Jasperse", "Robert Dickey", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bbae831-14ff-4b2b-9a9a-6024856be697"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "766e569327b6208cf0e5ba37b022841f382d744a4440d341e50bfb11bdfe6d43"
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 336 (2021_22) — Agriculture; hemp farming; compliance with federal laws and regulations; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hemp farming, so as to provide for compliance with federal laws and regulations; to provide for history reports; to provide for disposal of lots of hemp; to provide for sampling and random testing of hemp; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 336/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202460.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1616/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196951.pdf)
3. **LC 44 1689S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198976.pdf)
4. **LC 44 1689S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198654.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1721S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200349.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **153–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** House Hopper
- **2021-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** Act 261 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bbae831-14ff-4b2b-9a9a-6024856be697`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).