---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug-free commercial zones; date of incorporation of local ordinances by reference; change"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-32.6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances or marijuana in, on, or within drug-free commercial zones, so as to change the date of incorporation of local ordinances by reference; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 89"
citation: "Georgia HB 89 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Roger Bruce", "Sharon Beasley-Teague", "Sheila Jones", "Tyrone Brooks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-26"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/359ff097-094b-42b8-8e3b-935aac73360e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fd091cc8174bbb125b952da32078fe80003f29c0a737232d216469f3e7ed3590"
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 89 (2015_16) — Drug-free commercial zones; date of incorporation of local ordinances by reference; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-32.6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances or marijuana in, on, or within drug-free commercial zones, so as to change the date of incorporation of local ordinances by reference; 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 89/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153824.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7393/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145789.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Roger Bruce — primary (person)
- Sharon Beasley-Teague — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
- Tyrone Brooks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-26** House Hopper
- **2015-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** House Postponed
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Act 88 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/359ff097-094b-42b8-8e3b-935aac73360e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).