---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standard, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food; eggs; repeal provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standard, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to repeal provisions relative to eggs; 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: "SB 551"
citation: "Georgia SB 551 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD", "DRUGS", "AND COSMETICS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Drew Echols", "Lee Anderson", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-23"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bd1ed0a-3418-46dc-b8af-e5d56f497e8a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "41bab5c37bdb6a0674d76c896f72502d4b4d66a0bbd203644a2ac462fbdad085"
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 551 (2025_26) — Standard, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food; eggs; repeal provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standard, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to repeal provisions relative to eggs; 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 60 0316** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243573.pdf)
2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245324.pdf)
3. **SB 551/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246549.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #713 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #654 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Drew Echols — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-23** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Tabled
- **2026-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-06** Act 433 `executive-signature`
- **2026-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bd1ed0a-3418-46dc-b8af-e5d56f497e8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).