---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural Commodity Commission for Propane; full or partial remote communication with regard to public hearings; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Propane, so as to provide for full or partial remote communication with regard to public hearings; to provide for notice of hearings; to revise referendum requirements and procedures for issuing, amending, and renewing marketing orders; 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: "SB 486"
citation: "Georgia SB 486 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freddie Powell Sims", "Kim Jackson", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Russ Goodman", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8751d68e-bc0e-4c95-a299-a8584da0f65e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d7fcc00dd4919297e024641aded6523a168be70c32687fa68e6f1ba7d2f65a3c"
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 486 (2021_22) — Agricultural Commodity Commission for Propane; full or partial remote communication with regard to public hearings; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Agricultural Commodity Commission for Propane, so as to provide for full or partial remote communication with regard to public hearings; to provide for notice of hearings; to revise referendum requirements and procedures for issuing, amending, and renewing marketing orders; 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 51 0075** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205970.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208375.pdf)
3. **SB 486/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211040.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Senate Hopper
- **2022-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 797 `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/8751d68e-bc0e-4c95-a299-a8584da0f65e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).