republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-435.md

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Bill	Georgia Development Authority; rename as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to rename the Georgia Development Authority as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority; to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 435	Georgia SB 435 (2025_26)	bill	AGRICULTURE BANKING AND FINANCE PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS STATE GOVERNMENT	enacted	Bo Hatchett Carden Summers Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Drew Echols Ed Harbison Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Jason Anavitarte Jason T. Dickerson John Albers Josh McLaurin Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Nabilah Parkes Nikki Merritt RaShaun Kemp Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sam Watson Sheikh Rahman Sonya Halpern Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden Tonya Anderson	3	15	2	2026-01-28	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/54e506c8-e294-4346-9dc9-30f9ede1238a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e8df814740142b8b070610b4577c4044d3e65efa7f11604ed0ec6816463e6fb4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 435 (2025_26) — Georgia Development Authority; rename as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to rename the Georgia Development Authority as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority; to make conforming changes; 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 60 0242 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 435/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #705 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 154–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #534 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Nabilah Parkes — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-28 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-06 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-02-10 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-02-10 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-12 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-16 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-06 Act 432 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54e506c8-e294-4346-9dc9-30f9ede1238a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).