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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic Beverages; change the maximum percent by volume of wine; change definitions; authorize wineries to buy and use certain products"
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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 change the maximum percent by volume of wine to that which is currently allowed under federal law; to change the definition of certain terms; to authorize wineries to buy and use certain products to manufacture particular types of wine; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "SB 286"
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citation: "Georgia SB 286 (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: ["Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "David Lucas", "Frank Ginn", "Jack Murphy", "Jeff Mullis", "John Wilkinson", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2014-01-14"
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last_action: "2014-04-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75b94c3c-851c-46b6-a7b2-63ac5f0a5ab9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "322aa029a43028c6efcd810f01d820d6f12433b21b69572f36a8bcabec4ab8c4"
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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 SB 286 (2013_14) — Alcoholic Beverages; change the maximum percent by volume of wine; change definitions; authorize wineries to buy and use certain products
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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 change the maximum percent by volume of wine to that which is currently allowed under federal law; to change the definition of certain terms; to authorize wineries to buy and use certain products to manufacture particular types of wine; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 36 2413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138285.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139132.pdf)
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3. **SB 286/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144484.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **48–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- David Lucas — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Jack Murphy — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-01-14** Senate Hopper
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- **2014-01-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-01-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-01-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-02-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-02-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2014-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-11** House Postponed
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- **2014-03-12** House Postponed
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- **2014-03-13** House Postponed
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- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-21** Act 552 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-21** 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/75b94c3c-851c-46b6-a7b2-63ac5f0a5ab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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