---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding agriculture, so as to prohibit local ordinances that prohibit the operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural lands; to provide for agricultural products; to provide for definitions; 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 413"
citation: "Georgia HB 413 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "HEALTH", "PROPERTY", "WILLS", "TRUSTS", "AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charlice Byrd", "David Huddleston", "David Jenkins", "Joe Campbell", "Jordan Ridley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2026-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d48186d7-9a89-4ffd-8c74-7ded2c6a8569"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4dcf573a89e3ea55f7cde54d47a9818d460435b2fe148e76350b562091dc508d"
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 413 (2025_26) — Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding agriculture, so as to prohibit local ordinances that prohibit the operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural lands; to provide for agricultural products; to provide for definitions; 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 413/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249061.pdf)
2. **LC 44 3031/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232277.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 2832S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246536.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #861 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **96–70** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #905 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #130 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- David Jenkins — primary (person)
- Joe Campbell — primary (person)
- Jordan Ridley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-22** Act 379 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-22** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d48186d7-9a89-4ffd-8c74-7ded2c6a8569`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).