republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-345.md

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Bill	Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food; nonprofit organizations to prepare in accordance with Department of Public Health requirements; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to provide for nonprofit organizations to prepare and provide food in accordance with Department of Public Health requirements; to revise the definitions of "food sales establishment" and "food service establishment"; to revise provisions relating to permits for nonprofit food sales and food service; to revise requirements for food items prepared by nonprofit organizations; to eliminate the right to appeal to the commissioner of public health for orders or actions of a county board of health or district health director; to correct a cross-reference; 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	SB 345	Georgia SB 345 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Jennifer Jordan Kay Kirkpatrick Lindsey Tippins Michael 'Doc' Rhett	4	15	1	2020-01-31	2020-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/2f0cc454-f985-49df-80da-7fb10e181f00	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	754557f6ed0abbd5790cbea5fffd6e313243b0bb5eb09737309db8d0974640b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 345 (2019_20) — Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food; nonprofit organizations to prepare in accordance with Department of Public Health requirements; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to provide for nonprofit organizations to prepare and provide food in accordance with Department of Public Health requirements; to revise the definitions of "food sales establishment" and "food service establishment"; to revise provisions relating to permits for nonprofit food sales and food service; to revise requirements for food items prepared by nonprofit organizations; to eliminate the right to appeal to the commissioner of public health for orders or actions of a county board of health or district health director; to correct a cross-reference; 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 41 2171 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 33 8215S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 345/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-31 Senate Hopper
• 2020-02-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-03-02 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-15 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-08-05 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-08-05 Act 591 executive-signature
• 2020-08-05 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f0cc454-f985-49df-80da-7fb10e181f00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).