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Georgia General Assembly · HB 358 · House Date Signed by Governor (Act 261)

Agriculture; prohibiting acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; provide for a definition

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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-1-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibiting the acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities, so as to provide for a definition; Read the full text

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2025-2026 regular session

Where it is

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House Hopper · Feb 10, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 11, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 12, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 26, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 3, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 27, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 27, 2025
Senate Tabled · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 31, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 261 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025

The numbers

5
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Smith, VanceHuddleston, DavidBuckner, DebbieJenkins, DavidRobertson, Randy

Recorded votes

PASSAGESenate · 2025-03-31 · yea 35, nay 20, notVoting 0, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-03 · yea 120, nay 50, notVoting 7, excused 3
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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