republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-181.md

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Bill	Controlled Substances; mitragynine and hydroxymitragynine are Schedule I; provide	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 that mitragynine and hydroxymitragynine are Schedule I controlled substances; to repeal provisions relating to the regulation of kratom; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 181	Georgia HB 181 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ken Vance Lee Hawkins Rick Townsend Ron Stephens Sharon Cooper Shelly Hutchinson	7	20	3	2023-01-31	2025-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2f9c6afe-d744-4e8e-ac8a-26c794991a1c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f62014ef97a5a13a76a005c72ba42a95c3b7f700a579329c66b7bc6831ea2409	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 181 (2023_24) — Controlled Substances; mitragynine and hydroxymitragynine are Schedule I; provide

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 that mitragynine and hydroxymitragynine are Schedule I controlled substances; to repeal provisions relating to the regulation of kratom; 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. HB 181/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 9268/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 9474ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 9474ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee sub LC 52 0453S (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 33 9513S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend #1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #200 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 171–3 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #765 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–3 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #838 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 164–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ken Vance — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Rick Townsend — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Shelly Hutchinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-31 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-02 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-27 Senate Tabled
• 2024-01-08 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-01-08 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-02 Act 546 executive-signature
• 2025-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f9c6afe-d744-4e8e-ac8a-26c794991a1c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).