republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-815.md

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Bill	Meat inspection; inspection and regulation of certain avian meat products and facilities; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meat inspection, so as to provide for the inspection and regulation of certain avian meat products and facilities related to the processing of such products for human consumption; to provide for uniformity; to remove an obsolete provision relating to enforcement responsibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 815	Georgia HB 815 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bruce Broadrick Chuck Williams David Knight Mack Jackson Tom McCall Trey Rhodes	4	16	1	2016-01-22	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/857a2d52-7a84-4c5b-877a-fc2a8e671ab2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9060875bdf0bee10e2b5b2df5245fba4954f0e7237b20ecb671f003f9779cf03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 815 (2015_16) — Meat inspection; inspection and regulation of certain avian meat products and facilities; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meat inspection, so as to provide for the inspection and regulation of certain avian meat products and facilities related to the processing of such products for human consumption; to provide for uniformity; to remove an obsolete provision relating to enforcement responsibility; 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. Floor Amendment AM 40 0151 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 815/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 815/FA (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 0993/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 158–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
• Chuck Williams — primary (person)
• David Knight — primary (person)
• Mack Jackson — primary (person)
• Tom McCall — primary (person)
• Trey Rhodes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-22 House Hopper
• 2016-01-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-01-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-03 House Postponed
• 2016-02-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-04 House Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 451 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/857a2d52-7a84-4c5b-877a-fc2a8e671ab2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).