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| Bill | Conservation and natural resources; regulate the harvest and sale of palmetto berries | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to forest resources and other plant life, so as to regulate the harvest and sale of palmetto berries; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for certificates of harvest; to provide for records of harvest activities and purchase transactions; to provide for prohibited acts; to provide for stop sale, stop use, and removal orders; to provide for seizure of berries; to provide for home or personal use of berries; to provide for penalties and restitution; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 966 | Georgia HB 966 (2019_20) |
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Georgia HB 966 (2019_20) — Conservation and natural resources; regulate the harvest and sale of palmetto berries
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to forest resources and other plant life, so as to regulate the harvest and sale of palmetto berries; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for certificates of harvest; to provide for records of harvest activities and purchase transactions; to provide for prohibited acts; to provide for stop sale, stop use, and removal orders; to provide for seizure of berries; to provide for home or personal use of berries; to provide for penalties and restitution; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 966/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 1428/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 45 0446S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 45 0446S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 47 0577S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 125–42 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
- James Burchett — primary (person)
- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-02-20 House Hopper
- 2020-02-21 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2020-02-24 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2020-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-03-03 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2020-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2020-03-04 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2020-06-17 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-06-18 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2020-06-19 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2020-06-19 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2020-06-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2020-07-02 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2020-08-05 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-08-05 Act 571
executive-signature - 2020-08-05 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0fd99ce-361b-4c39-9bf5-8e372d1d2ef0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).