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type: "Bill"
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title: "Food, drugs, and cosmetics; authorize production and sale of cottage food items with certain exemptions, requirements, and disclosures"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to authorize the production and sale of cottage food items with certain exemptions, requirements, and disclosures; to provide for definitions; to provide for inspections; to provide for a civil penalty; to provide for conforming changes; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prohibit local regulation of cottage food items; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 398"
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citation: "Georgia HB 398 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["FOOD", "DRUGS", "AND COSMETICS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Brian Prince", "Houston Gaines", "Katie Dempsey", "Leesa Hagan", "Matt Reeves"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-11"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8582f94d-360f-4d44-a426-eb3dabdad7c9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6a909e3ec5e3f11f394b922e988ec4a3721f50ba1150ae08e33017c791b99a43"
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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 398 (2025_26) — Food, drugs, and cosmetics; authorize production and sale of cottage food items with certain exemptions, requirements, and disclosures
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to authorize the production and sale of cottage food items with certain exemptions, requirements, and disclosures; to provide for definitions; to provide for inspections; to provide for a civil penalty; to provide for conforming changes; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prohibit local regulation of cottage food items; 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 398/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239063.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 2976/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232078.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #140 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #395 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **54–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Beth Camp — primary (person)
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-11** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 193 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/8582f94d-360f-4d44-a426-eb3dabdad7c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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