republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-268.md

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Bill	Agricultural products dealers; cotton and eggs from definition of "agricultural products"; remove	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dealers in agricultural products generally, so as to remove cotton and eggs from the definition of "agricultural products"; to establish a fee for licensing of dealers in agricultural products; to modify bond requirements for dealers in agricultural products; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grain dealers, so as to expand the definition of "grain"; to modify bond requirements for grain dealers; to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to eliminate obsolete registration and licensing requirements for pecan dealers and processors; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 268	Georgia HB 268 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Buddy Harden Chuck Williams Jon Burns Rick Jasperse Robert Dickey Terry England	5	16	1	2013-02-08	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c6f7c63a-372b-4f8d-bc20-e6b256b1e7e6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0bd04f55bf256fc154128124e5acb85fa9e722f6a63733ae8f5bbf279c780645	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 268 (2013_14) — Agricultural products dealers; cotton and eggs from definition of "agricultural products"; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dealers in agricultural products generally, so as to remove cotton and eggs from the definition of "agricultural products"; to establish a fee for licensing of dealers in agricultural products; to modify bond requirements for dealers in agricultural products; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grain dealers, so as to expand the definition of "grain"; to modify bond requirements for grain dealers; to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to eliminate obsolete registration and licensing requirements for pecan dealers and processors; 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. HB 268/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 0276/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 40 0336S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 0336S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 40 0388S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 167–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buddy Harden — primary (person)
• Chuck Williams — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-08 House Hopper
• 2013-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 262 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c6f7c63a-372b-4f8d-bc20-e6b256b1e7e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).