republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-33.md

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Bill	"Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Hemp Farming Act," so as to provide limits on the total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; to revise provisions concerning the certificate of analysis applicable to consumable hemp products; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 33	Georgia SB 33 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION ELECTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND TAXATION	enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Chuck Hufstetler Ed Harbison Elena Parent John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Marty Harbin Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Sam Watson Steve Gooch	9	17	5	2025-01-27	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/71c392ae-c535-44b6-9063-a70f1b085d77	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	fbc9762a2eeb265e3c9ea64211d364a2ce11795ae1e259b2497fc3c5cefc8c5b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 33 (2025_26) — "Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Hemp Farming Act," so as to provide limits on the total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; to revise provisions concerning the certificate of analysis applicable to consumable hemp products; to revise and provide for definitions; 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. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 55 0391 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 55 0524S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 44 3560S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 33/AP* (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 44 0292 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 56 0101 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 2A AM 56 0102 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen Floor Amend 3 AM 59 0041 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #979 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 32–21 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #879 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 97–72 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #168 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–6 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #819 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 151–14 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #980 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 32–21 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-27 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-24 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2026-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 461 executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71c392ae-c535-44b6-9063-a70f1b085d77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).