Georgia General Assembly · SB 435 · Senate Date Signed by Governor (Act 432)

Georgia Development Authority; rename as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Became law

Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to rename the Georgia Development Authority as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority; to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.” Read the full text

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2025-2026 regular session

Where it is

Senate Hopper · Jan 28, 2026

Senate Read and Referred · Jan 29, 2026

Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 5, 2026

Senate Read Second Time · Feb 6, 2026

Senate Third Read · Feb 10, 2026

Senate Passed/Adopted · Feb 10, 2026

House First Readers · Feb 11, 2026

House Second Readers · Feb 12, 2026

House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 12, 2026

House Third Readers · Mar 16, 2026

House Passed/Adopted · Mar 16, 2026

Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026

Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 6, 2026

Act 432 · May 6, 2026

Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026

The numbers

sponsors on the bill

Recorded votes

PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-16 · yea 154, nay 0, notVoting 11, excused 15

PASSAGESenate · 2026-02-10 · yea 47, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 5

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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Georgia Development Authority; rename as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority

Where it is

The numbers

Sponsors

Recorded votes