Food service establishments; require notification of the country of origin of seafood items
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to food service establishments, so as to require notification of the country of origin of seafood items;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Show all 22 actions
House Hopper · Jan 17, 2025
House First Readers · Jan 27, 2025
House Second Readers · Jan 28, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 12, 2025
House Third Readers · Feb 19, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 28, 2025
Senate Recommitted · Mar 28, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Tabled · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Recommitted · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Jan 28, 2026
Senate Third Read · Feb 2, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 2, 2026
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Feb 11, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 6, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 6, 2026
Act 426 · May 6, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2026-02-11 · yea 159, nay 8, notVoting 5, excused 8
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-02-02 · yea 43, nay 8, notVoting 4, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-02-19 · yea 165, nay 7, notVoting 2, excused 6
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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