---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; agricultural commodity commissions; revise a definition"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-8-11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding agricultural commodity commissions, so as to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1237"
citation: "Georgia HB 1237 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chas Cannon", "Joe Campbell", "John Corbett", "Lehman Franklin", "Robert Dickey", "Steven Meeks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1258d44-ce2d-4f9e-873f-2782ba2d2d28"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3520cf758ab5cee279bc2311efb279200ffefb44fe3b56953b594da9db6e242a"
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 1237 (2023_24) — Agriculture; agricultural commodity commissions; revise a definition

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-8-11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding agricultural commodity commissions, so as to revise 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. **HB 1237/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227801.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2692/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223707.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #706 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #551 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
- Joe Campbell — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Steven Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 410 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1258d44-ce2d-4f9e-873f-2782ba2d2d28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).