Georgia House Bill 228

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-06 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 and regulate the production of farmstead products for human consumption; to provide relief from unnecessary regulatory burdens to small dairy farmers and dairy product producers; to provide standards for safety, cleanliness, and health for such products; to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to enforce such standards and to promulgate rules and regulations; to provide for and require permits related to the production of farmstead products; to provide for penalty; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Georgia Farmstead Relief Act; enact

Rep. Mitchell Horner [R]	Rep. Jason Ridley [R]	Rep. Charles Cannon [R]	Rep. Jordan Ridley [R]
Rep. Brent Cox [R]	Rep. Trey Kelley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-06	House	House Second Readers
2025-02-05	House	House First Readers
2025-02-04	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69833
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/231134