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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic beverages; legislative intent of the General Assembly to exercise strict regulatory control over the three-tier system; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the O.C.G.A., relating to provisions regarding the regulation of alcoholic beverages generally, so as to provide for the legislative intent of the General Assembly to exercise strict regulatory control over the three-tier system; to provide for penalties; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 879"
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citation: "Georgia HB 879 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Brett Harrell", "Kasey Carpenter", "Matt Dollar", "Ron Stephens", "Spencer Frye"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-03"
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last_action: "2020-08-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd716d07-8cfe-41df-a433-aeda6bd0fc49"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6d8f4ff1e5d7808c132f15b515590c1ea7e6fdad8a5c98e0ef2ca9e186816e64"
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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 HB 879 (2019_20) — Alcoholic beverages; legislative intent of the General Assembly to exercise strict regulatory control over the three-tier system; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the O.C.G.A., relating to provisions regarding the regulation of alcoholic beverages generally, so as to provide for the legislative intent of the General Assembly to exercise strict regulatory control over the three-tier system; to provide for penalties; 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. **HB 879/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195224.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 4174/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189262.pdf)
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3. **LC 36 4294S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192905.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 4294S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192285.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 9844S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194443.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 4422S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194217.pdf)
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7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 36 0816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194555.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **110–54** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
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- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
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- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-03** House Hopper
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- **2020-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Third Read Tabled
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-07-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-03** Act 558 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-03** 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/fd716d07-8cfe-41df-a433-aeda6bd0fc49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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