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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages; allow for local authorization/regulation of sale for consumption on the premises on Sundays; celebration of St. Patrick's Day"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 318"
citation: "Georgia SB 318 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Harbison", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Gail Davenport", "Lester Jackson", "Steve Henson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-23"
last_action: "2014-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ea0af21-c5dc-4040-a300-ed225469d4fd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "460d7de0895d799f3788a773e73c72c528553d3986b8b23d7cc78d5eb609ec84"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137993.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142123.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139775.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 2 AM 36 0440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141863.pdf)
5. **SB 318 Amended Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140423.pdf)
6. **SB 318/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143165.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ea0af21-c5dc-4040-a300-ed225469d4fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).