republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-494.md

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Bill	'Georgia Hemp Farming Act'; hemp products; regulate	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the 'Georgia Hemp Farming Act,' so as to regulate hemp products; to provide for definitions; to prohibit persons from performing certain activities without licenses; to provide for penalties; to revise disqualifications for a hemp grower license; to revise disqualifications for a hemp processor permit; to revise the annual fee for such a permit; to provide for the issuance of retail consumable hemp establishment licenses; to provide for the issuance of wholesale consumable hemp licenses; to provide for the issuance of manufacturer licenses; to provide for the registration of laboratories; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 494	Georgia SB 494 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Freddie Powell Sims Kay Kirkpatrick Matt Brass Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sam Watson	9	16	4	2024-02-13	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/631b3264-de7c-4ff4-8616-a0e92d573d1f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	fb75cf540bee6dc602a15f53072d438716b5c14dbf88b96514b1566da9763982	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 494 (2023_24) — 'Georgia Hemp Farming Act'; hemp products; regulate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the 'Georgia Hemp Farming Act,' so as to regulate hemp products; to provide for definitions; to prohibit persons from performing certain activities without licenses; to provide for penalties; to revise disqualifications for a hemp grower license; to revise disqualifications for a hemp processor permit; to revise the annual fee for such a permit; to provide for the issuance of retail consumable hemp establishment licenses; to provide for the issuance of wholesale consumable hemp licenses; to provide for the issuance of manufacturer licenses; to provide for the registration of laboratories; 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 55 0217 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 44 2765S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 1 AM 55 0065 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 55 0279S/hss (committee substitute) — source
8. LC 55 0331S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
9. SB 494/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #900 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 7–47 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #901 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #867 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–3 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #560 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 43–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-13 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-07 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-30 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-30 Act 498 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/631b3264-de7c-4ff4-8616-a0e92d573d1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).