republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-145.md

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Bill	Distilled Spirits; initiating a referendum election for the authorization of the issuance of licenses for the package sale of distilled spirits; modify the petition requirements	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulations for manufacture, distribution, and package sales of distilled spirits, so as to modify the petition requirements for initiating a referendum election for the authorization of the issuance of licenses for the package sale of distilled spirits; to provide an additional method of initiating such a referendum election; to change certain provisions relating to the procedures for calling and conducting certain referendum elections and the nullifications thereof; 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	2021_22	SB 145	Georgia SB 145 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Brandon Beach Burt Jones Butch Miller Dean Burke Elena Parent Frank Ginn Gloria Butler Harold Jones II Jason Anavitarte Jennifer Jordan Lester Jackson Matt Brass Randy Robertson Steve Gooch	4	17	1	2021-02-10	2021-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/d274eacd-e8c4-4271-b086-a4c8c4e5a929	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d287fe61a59fb87924175627ddf3a364ca1e3b8dbac58e64ee993514da66e051	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 145 (2021_22) — Distilled Spirits; initiating a referendum election for the authorization of the issuance of licenses for the package sale of distilled spirits; modify the petition requirements

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulations for manufacture, distribution, and package sales of distilled spirits, so as to modify the petition requirements for initiating a referendum election for the authorization of the issuance of licenses for the package sale of distilled spirits; to provide an additional method of initiating such a referendum election; to change certain provisions relating to the procedures for calling and conducting certain referendum elections and the nullifications thereof; 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 36 4566 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 AM 36 0852 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 145/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON THE RULES CALENDAR — 32–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-05 Senate Tabled
• 2021-03-05 Senate Taken from Table
• 2021-03-05 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-03-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Act 212 executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d274eacd-e8c4-4271-b086-a4c8c4e5a929. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).