---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages; change the maximum percent by volume of wine; change definitions; authorize wineries to buy and use certain products"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to change the maximum percent by volume of wine to that which is currently allowed under federal law; to change the definition of certain terms; to authorize wineries to buy and use certain products to manufacture particular types of wine; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Georgia SB 286 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "David Lucas", "Frank Ginn", "Jack Murphy", "Jeff Mullis", "John Wilkinson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-14"
last_action: "2014-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75b94c3c-851c-46b6-a7b2-63ac5f0a5ab9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "322aa029a43028c6efcd810f01d820d6f12433b21b69572f36a8bcabec4ab8c4"
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 286 (2013_14) — Alcoholic Beverages; change the maximum percent by volume of wine; change definitions; authorize wineries to buy and use certain products

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to change the maximum percent by volume of wine to that which is currently allowed under federal law; to change the definition of certain terms; to authorize wineries to buy and use certain products to manufacture particular types of wine; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 36 2413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138285.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139132.pdf)
3. **SB 286/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144484.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **48–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- David Lucas — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jack Murphy — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-14** Senate Hopper
- **2014-01-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-01-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-02-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-02-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-11** House Postponed
- **2014-03-12** House Postponed
- **2014-03-13** House Postponed
- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-21** Act 552 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-21** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75b94c3c-851c-46b6-a7b2-63ac5f0a5ab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).