republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-318.md

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Bill	Alcoholic Beverages; allow for local authorization/regulation of sale for consumption on the premises on Sundays; celebration of St. Patrick's Day	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 3-3-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulation of sales of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, so as to allow for local authorization and regulation of the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises on Sundays during the celebration of St. Patrick's Day and other spirited holidays; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 318	Georgia SB 318 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Ed Harbison Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Lester Jackson Steve Henson	6	16	1	2014-01-23	2014-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4ea0af21-c5dc-4040-a300-ed225469d4fd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	460d7de0895d799f3788a773e73c72c528553d3986b8b23d7cc78d5eb609ec84	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 318 (2013_14) — Alcoholic Beverages; allow for local authorization/regulation of sale for consumption on the premises on Sundays; celebration of St. Patrick's Day

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 3-3-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulation of sales of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, so as to allow for local authorization and regulation of the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises on Sundays during the celebration of St. Patrick's Day and other spirited holidays; 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. As introduced LC 36 2444 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 2 AM 36 0440 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 318 Amended Bill (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 318/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 28–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-23 Senate Hopper
• 2014-01-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-02-06 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-07 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-02-17 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-02-17 Senate Lost failure, reading-3
• 2014-02-17 Senate Reconsidered
• 2014-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2014-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-03-06 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-10 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-10 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-12 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-03-13 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-03-13 Act 351 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ea0af21-c5dc-4040-a300-ed225469d4fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).