republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-420.md

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Bill	Agriculture; acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; prohibit	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to agriculture, so as to prohibit the acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for civil actions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for disclosures; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 420	Georgia SB 420 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Ed Harbison Ed Setzler Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Shelly Echols Steve Gooch Tonya Anderson	7	18	3	2024-01-29	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c9109ea8-703e-4c88-9a3d-3b10157094e4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	22f35df25aee2524c07aea161ed3d0f95a2d802ad0184294b6ee5a69d9bccb13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 420 (2023_24) — Agriculture; acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to agriculture, so as to prohibit the acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for civil actions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for disclosures; 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. As Introduced LC 44 2599 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 55 0253S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 AM 55 0032 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 48 1313S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 55 0320S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 420/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #604 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 41–11 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #790 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 41–11 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #735 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 97–67 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-30 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Senate Tabled
• 2024-02-29 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-02-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-30 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-30 Act 496 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9109ea8-703e-4c88-9a3d-3b10157094e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).