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| Bill | Georgia Hemp Farming Act; enact | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to agriculture, so as to enact the "Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; to provide for unlawfulness of certain acts; to authorize certain academic research of hemp; to provide for licensing and permit requirements for hemp growers and hemp processors, respectively; to provide for the Department of Agriculture to enter into agreements regarding such testing and other matters;to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to schedules, offenses, and penalties regarding regulation of controlled substances, so as to revise the definition of the term "marijuana"; to provide an exception to the scheduling of tetrahydrocannabinol and tetrahydrocannabinolic acid as controlled substances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 213 | Georgia HB 213 (2019_20) |
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Georgia HB 213 (2019_20) — Georgia Hemp Farming Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to agriculture, so as to enact the "Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; to provide for unlawfulness of certain acts; to authorize certain academic research of hemp; to provide for licensing and permit requirements for hemp growers and hemp processors, respectively; to provide for the Department of Agriculture to enter into agreements regarding such testing and other matters;to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to schedules, offenses, and penalties regarding regulation of controlled substances, so as to revise the definition of the term "marijuana"; to provide an exception to the scheduling of tetrahydrocannabinol and tetrahydrocannabinolic acid as controlled substances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Floor Amendment AM 44 0121 (committee substitute) — source
- HB 213/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 1041/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 1131S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 1131S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 44 1250S (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 163–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-08 House Hopper
- 2019-02-11 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-02-12 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2019-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-02-27 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-02-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-02-28 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-22 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-26 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- 2019-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-10 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-10 Act 314
executive-signature - 2019-05-10 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80daa25a-2ad8-4d3e-b1c1-f48124a1687e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).