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| Bill | Hemp farming; definitions, penalties and criminal background checks; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hemp farming, so as to provide definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for criminal background checks; to provide for compliance with federal laws and regulations; to provide for hemp nursery licensees; to provide for license and permit fees; to provide for testing of hemp samples; to provide for destruction of noncompliant hemp; to provide for violations of the state hemp plan; 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 | 2019_20 | HB 847 | Georgia HB 847 (2019_20) |
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Georgia HB 847 (2019_20) — Hemp farming; definitions, penalties and criminal background checks; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hemp farming, so as to provide definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for criminal background checks; to provide for compliance with federal laws and regulations; to provide for hemp nursery licensees; to provide for license and permit fees; to provide for testing of hemp samples; to provide for destruction of noncompliant hemp; to provide for violations of the state hemp plan; 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.
- HB 847/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 1336/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 1414S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 1462S/RCS (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 1462S/rcs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 159–7 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-29 House Hopper
- 2020-01-30 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2020-01-31 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2020-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-03-05 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2020-03-05 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2020-03-09 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2020-06-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-06-19 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2020-06-22 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2020-06-22 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2020-06-22 Senate Transmitted House
- 2020-06-29 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2020-07-22 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-07-22 Act 484
executive-signature - 2020-07-22 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4e8b687-c486-44ee-bf40-34e06beb9c12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).