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type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural Commodity Commission for Citrus Fruits; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agricultural commodity commissions generally, so as to provide for an Agricultural Commodity Commission for Citrus Fruits; to provide for a definition; to provide for balloting for continued existence of said commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 545"
citation: "Georgia HB 545 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chas Cannon", "Joe Campbell", "John Corbett", "Penny Houston", "Robert Dickey", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c77fa18-03c2-423c-b410-13d47e46f048"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d489b027bb03b40b7e4aa28758ab75a2db65fc9876c76b9f6ad9b1f59b1189af"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 545 (2023_24) — Agricultural Commodity Commission for Citrus Fruits; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agricultural commodity commissions generally, so as to provide for an Agricultural Commodity Commission for Citrus Fruits; to provide for a definition; to provide for balloting for continued existence of said commission; 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 545/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218639.pdf)
2. **LC 51 0340/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215624.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #244 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #142 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
- Joe Campbell — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-22** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Act 12 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c77fa18-03c2-423c-b410-13d47e46f048`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).