---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food service establishments; require notification of the country of origin of seafood items"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to food service establishments, so as to require notification of the country of origin of seafood items; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 117"
citation: "Georgia HB 117 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD", "DRUGS", "AND COSMETICS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Buddy DeLoach", "Jesse Petrea", "Lehman Franklin", "Rick Townsend"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc4eb0c1-ac62-46b9-b13f-3ab35480e91e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5f433dcbd8cf4849460c3701eb87d8c477f47a94ee1f5ab80e02f358e569acff"
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 117 (2025_26) — Food service establishments; require notification of the country of origin of seafood items

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to food service establishments, so as to require notification of the country of origin of seafood items; to provide for 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 117/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242391.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2867/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230220.pdf)
3. **LC 44 3039S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232919.pdf)
4. **LC 44 3039S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232197.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 60 0111S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234239.pdf)
6. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 60 0252S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240495.pdf)
7. **Sen Ctee sub LC 60 0166S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238208.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #43 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–7** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #508 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **43–8** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #500 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
- Rick Townsend — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-02-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-02-11** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-06** Act 426 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc4eb0c1-ac62-46b9-b13f-3ab35480e91e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).