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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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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.
- Floor Amendment AM 33 1924 (committee substitute) — source
- HB 551/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 28 9316S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 28 9316S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 45 0256/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 164–1 (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).