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type: "Bill"
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title: "Agricultural products dealers; cotton and eggs from definition of \"agricultural products\"; remove"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 268"
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citation: "Georgia HB 268 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden", "Chuck Williams", "Jon Burns", "Rick Jasperse", "Robert Dickey", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-08"
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last_action: "2013-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f7c63a-372b-4f8d-bc20-e6b256b1e7e6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0bd04f55bf256fc154128124e5acb85fa9e722f6a63733ae8f5bbf279c780645"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 268 (2013_14) — Agricultural products dealers; cotton and eggs from definition of "agricultural products"; remove
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 268/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135868.pdf)
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2. **LC 40 0276/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130237.pdf)
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3. **LC 40 0336S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133183.pdf)
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4. **LC 40 0336S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132596.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0388S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134473.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
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- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 262 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6f7c63a-372b-4f8d-bc20-e6b256b1e7e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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