republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-144.md

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Bill	Fertilizers or Pesticides; a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; clarify	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to liability for use of fertilizers, plant growth regulators, or pesticides, so as to clarify that a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency with respect to pesticides; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 144	Georgia SB 144 (2025_26)	bill	AGRICULTURE	enacted	Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Brandon Beach Carden Summers Clint Dixon Drew Echols Frank Ginn Jason Anavitarte John F. Kennedy Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden	6	15	2	2025-02-11	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/577851b5-0777-47b9-ab1c-959b7510165f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1b3b91747fc8d7916d0a06cbee68354183670807c59628f9a320dd7acdf006f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 144 (2025_26) — Fertilizers or Pesticides; a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to liability for use of fertilizers, plant growth regulators, or pesticides, so as to clarify that a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency with respect to pesticides; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; 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. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 60 0078 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 60 0098S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor Amend 1A (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 144/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #277 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 101–58 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #147 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 42–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-12 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-09 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-09 Act 94 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/577851b5-0777-47b9-ab1c-959b7510165f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).