---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural Commodity Commissions; public hearings with online public comment opportunities; replace"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agricultural commodity commissions generally, so as to replace certain public hearings with online public comment opportunities; to revise procedures for issuing, amending, and renewing marketing orders; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Georgia SB 247 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Butch Miller", "Carden Summers", "Dean Burke", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Kim Jackson", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Russ Goodman", "Sheikh Rahman", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e03a1ec0-6c91-414c-ab89-9137f301f614"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9aa46a94eb3d25eac23aad7635928d924c19d57e27e7779fb8f81f79d19dd6bc"
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 247 (2021_22) — Agricultural Commodity Commissions; public hearings with online public comment opportunities; replace

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agricultural commodity commissions generally, so as to replace certain public hearings with online public comment opportunities; to revise procedures for issuing, amending, and renewing marketing orders; 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 44 1677** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198648.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200006.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 44 1702S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199330.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1 AM 44 0152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199977.pdf)
5. **SB 247/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201141.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-08** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** Act 262 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e03a1ec0-6c91-414c-ab89-9137f301f614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).