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Bill Controlled substances; kratom; provisions A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide for legislative findings; to provide a definition; to provide for the identification of a standard level of kratom alkoloids and establish recommended dosages; to provide for the prohibition of access to kratom to persons under 18 years of age; to provide for package labeling requirements; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2019_20 HB 551 Georgia HB 551 (2019_20)
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Dewayne Hill
Karen Mathiak
Kevin Tanner
Mark Newton
Michael Caldwell
Vernon Jones
6 17 1 2019-02-28 2019-04-26 openstates ocd-bill/77002e4f-5e9a-4d30-bb24-c4919075af43 http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl 6b634d9686d3916f5236a8c0fb954b8559af8f35f8166e97f3d35e55250be1ca 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Georgia HB 551 (2019_20) — Controlled substances; kratom; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide for legislative findings; to provide a definition; to provide for the identification of a standard level of kratom alkoloids and establish recommended dosages; to provide for the prohibition of access to kratom to persons under 18 years of age; to provide for package labeling requirements; to provide for penalties; 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.

  1. Floor Amendment AM 33 1924 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB 551/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 28 9316S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 28 9316S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  5. LC 45 0256/a (committee substitute) — source
  6. Sen Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1641 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Dewayne Hill — primary (person)
  • Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
  • Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
  • Mark Newton — primary (person)
  • Michael Caldwell — primary (person)
  • Vernon Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-28 House Hopper
  • 2019-03-01 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2019-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2019-03-07 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2019-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2019-03-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2019-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2019-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2019-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended 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
  • 2019-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2019-04-26 Act 59 executive-signature
  • 2019-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77002e4f-5e9a-4d30-bb24-c4919075af43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).