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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic Beverages; revise penalties for a violation of Code Section 3-3-23"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibited acts regarding alcoholic beverages, so as to revise penalties for a violation of Code Section 3-3-23; to provide for related matters; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 160"
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citation: "Georgia SB 160 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Brandon Beach", "Burt Jones", "Jeff Mullis", "Michael Williams", "Tommie Williams", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-23"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/058b9500-0fac-446d-832e-ddf64bf7f26b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f2de78171b19659c23cafd2029729b0a977ca0632f716ac8c2b7d35ba2197976"
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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 160 (2015_16) — Alcoholic Beverages; revise penalties for a violation of Code Section 3-3-23
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibited acts regarding alcoholic beverages, so as to revise penalties for a violation of Code Section 3-3-23; to provide for related matters; 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 41 0434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149060.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151259.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 0471S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150075.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amendment - AM 29 2475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153684.pdf)
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5. **LC 29 6618S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152074.pdf)
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6. **LC 29 6637S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152532.pdf)
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7. **SB 160/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154013.pdf)
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8. **SB 160/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153691.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **48–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-23** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2015-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-31** House Postponed
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- **2015-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 190 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/058b9500-0fac-446d-832e-ddf64bf7f26b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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