republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-879.md

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Bill	Alcoholic beverages; legislative intent of the General Assembly to exercise strict regulatory control over the three-tier system; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the O.C.G.A., relating to provisions regarding the regulation of alcoholic beverages generally, so as to provide for the legislative intent of the General Assembly to exercise strict regulatory control over the three-tier system; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 879	Georgia HB 879 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Brett Harrell Kasey Carpenter Matt Dollar Ron Stephens Spencer Frye	7	20	1	2020-02-03	2020-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/fd716d07-8cfe-41df-a433-aeda6bd0fc49	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6d8f4ff1e5d7808c132f15b515590c1ea7e6fdad8a5c98e0ef2ca9e186816e64	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 879 (2019_20) — Alcoholic beverages; legislative intent of the General Assembly to exercise strict regulatory control over the three-tier system; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the O.C.G.A., relating to provisions regarding the regulation of alcoholic beverages generally, so as to provide for the legislative intent of the General Assembly to exercise strict regulatory control over the three-tier system; to provide for penalties; 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. HB 879/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 4174/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 4294S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 4294S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 28 9844S (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 36 4422S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 36 0816 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 110–54 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Brett Harrell — primary (person)
• Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
• Matt Dollar — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Spencer Frye — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-03 House Hopper
• 2020-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-10 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-03-10 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-03-12 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-06-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-23 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-06-23 Senate Third Read Tabled
• 2020-06-23 Senate Taken from Table
• 2020-06-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-06-23 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2020-07-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-08-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-08-03 Act 558 executive-signature
• 2020-08-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd716d07-8cfe-41df-a433-aeda6bd0fc49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).