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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages; fruit growers licensed as farm wineries obtain license authorizing production of distilled spirits and fortified wines pursuant to certain conditions; permit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to permit fruit growers licensed as farm wineries to obtain a license authorizing the production of distilled spirits and fortified wines pursuant to certain conditions; to limit the number and location of tasting rooms a farm winery also licensed as a manufacturer of distilled spirits is authorized to have; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 825"
citation: "Georgia HB 825 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene", "Jason Shaw", "Jay Powell", "Jay Roberts", "Penny Houston", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-23"
last_action: "2014-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b0ef7aa-8da9-456c-b117-a7c85587fdb4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "92df49ed5dd856a4afdf06de372a5631099f26d9429d1d3bdd3ef21854687528"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 825 (2013_14) — Alcoholic beverages; fruit growers licensed as farm wineries obtain license authorizing production of distilled spirits and fortified wines pursuant to certain conditions; permit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to permit fruit growers licensed as farm wineries to obtain a license authorizing the production of distilled spirits and fortified wines pursuant to certain conditions; to limit the number and location of tasting rooms a farm winery also licensed as a manufacturer of distilled spirits is authorized to have; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 825/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143769.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2379/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137974.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **161–6** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-01-23** House Hopper
- **2014-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-13** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 516 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b0ef7aa-8da9-456c-b117-a7c85587fdb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).