republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-286.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 286	Georgia SB 286 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Burt Jones Butch Miller David Lucas Frank Ginn Jack Murphy Jeff Mullis John Wilkinson Steve Gooch	3	18	1	2014-01-14	2014-04-21	openstates	ocd-bill/75b94c3c-851c-46b6-a7b2-63ac5f0a5ab9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	322aa029a43028c6efcd810f01d820d6f12433b21b69572f36a8bcabec4ab8c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 286/AP* (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/75b94c3c-851c-46b6-a7b2-63ac5f0a5ab9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).