republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-501.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Game and fish; provide for mariculture development	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to seafood, so as to provide for mariculture development; to amend Code Section 12-5-295 of the O.C.G.A., relating to applicability of activities in coastal marshlands, so as to revise and add an exemption certain; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 501	Georgia HB 501 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Al Williams Carl Gilliard Don Hogan Jesse Petrea Ron Stephens Steven Sainz	2	15	1	2019-02-26	2019-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/ffc9d766-1672-408a-a4ef-d38e9aa0fdd9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	59a304d9e506cf4ea49a6a9da564b2663e706dd827f6c3921dff6583edbdde45	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 501 (2019_20) — Game and fish; provide for mariculture development

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to seafood, so as to provide for mariculture development; to amend Code Section 12-5-295 of the O.C.G.A., relating to applicability of activities in coastal marshlands, so as to revise and add an exemption certain; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; 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 501/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 45 0255ER/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 102–60 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Al Williams — primary (person)
• Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
• Don Hogan — primary (person)
• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Steven Sainz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-26 House Hopper
• 2019-02-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-05 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 217 executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffc9d766-1672-408a-a4ef-d38e9aa0fdd9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).