2025-26 Georgia Session
BILL TRACKER 
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GEORGIA CANNABIS FREEDOM AND INTEGRITY ACT
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FIND YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS here
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They want to know how they can help you and vice versa! 
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Education is Key
 Starting with Senate Bills
SB33
SPONSOR: Kay Kirkpatrick
Senate Committee:Regulated Industries and Utilities
House Committee: Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
SENATE VOTE 3-6-25 50-6 Watch
Watch Committee Hearing Here(from 2-20each word clicks to a dif part)
Adds restrictions to Hemp Industry
Watch 2025 House Committee Hearing
Watch 2026 House Committee Hearing
Adds more restrictions to our Hemp Program
SB395
SPONSOR: Kay Kirkpatrick
Senate Committee:was Health but recommitted to Rules
House Committee: 
SENATE VOTE 
Watch Health Committee Hearing Here
Watch Rules Committee Hearing
SB220 (potentially adds flower to medical)
SPONSOR:  Matt Brass
Senate Committee: Health and Human Services
House Committee: Regulated Industries
SENATE VOTE 3-6-25 39-17 Amendment #2 was added Watch
*Favorably reported out of committee
Watch House Committee Hearing 1 and 2
Watch 2026 House Committee hearing with Chairman Newton's Sub revealing findings of the Blue Ribbon Study Committee Meetings here
SB229 (Died Before Crossover potentially can ride another bill)
SPONSOR: Jason Anavitarte
Committee:Regulated Industries and Utilities
 
PROHIBITING SALES OF HEMP...
(what about gas stations...)
Alcoholic Beverages; the issuance of wholesale consumable hemp licenses to wholesale dealers of alcoholic beverages; prohibit
SB254
SPONSOR: Bill Cowsert
Senate Committee:Regulated Industries and Utilities
House Committee: Regulated Industries
Adds restrictions to Hemp Industry
Heard 2/27 in Reg Indus  Watch Testimony Videos 
SENATE VOTE 42-14 (after Drink Ban Sub was added) watch
*PASSED committee by substitute which was the OPPOSITE of a drink ban - drink ban was removed and a clause to allow liquor stores to sell was added)
Watch House Committee Hearing 1 and 2
USAHEMPREVIVAL.COM
FIND YOUR LEGISLATORS here
And Now House Bills
HB440 PEACH ACT (adds flower to medical)
SPONSOR:David Clark
Committee:Health
 
Providing Effective Access to Cannabis for Health (PEACH) Act; enact
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HB41
SPONSOR: Viola Davis
Committee: Judiciary Non-Civil
contact Chairman Tyler Paul Smith and ask he hears this bill
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HB206
SPONSOR:Eric Bell
Committee: Higher Education
Contact Chairman Chuck Martin to hear this bill
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HB227
SPONSOR: Robert Dickey
Committee: Health
Adds conditions to Medical Cannabis
Changes def from Low THC Oil to Medical Cannabis
Adds limited advertising rights
 Watch Senate Hearing
Discussion: part 1 part 2 part 3,
Vote/Testimony Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 
2/19 HEARING 2pm 403 CAP
HB265 (died before crossover but similar to SB33)
SPONSOR: Steven Sainz
Committee: Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
Adds restrictions to Hemp Industry (similar to SB33)
WATCH COMMITTEE HEARING 3-3-25
Adds more restrictions to our Hemp Program
HB342
SPONSOR: Mitchell Horner
Committee: Regulated Industries
 3-4-25 favorably reported by committee but it doesn't look like it made the floor.
Definition (Carrier?) Bill
HB407
SPONSOR: Carl Gilliard
Committee: Ways and Means
 
Georgia Hemp Industry Growth and Business Partnership Tax Credit Act; enact
HB301
SPONSOR:Carl Gilliard
Committee:Judiciary Non-Civil
Contact Chairman Tyler Paul Smith to request he hears this bill
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HB496  "Aroma Bill"
SPONSOR:Jasmine Clark
Committee: Judiciary Non-Civil
Contact Chairman Tyler Paul Smith to request he hears this bill
 
Criminal procedure; scent of marijuana, cannabis, or hemp; provide imitations on stops, searches, seizures, or arrests
HB1248  "Cannabis Freedom and Integrity Act"
SPONSOR: Derrick Jackson
Committee: Judiciary Non-Civil
Contact Chairman Tyler Paul Smith to request he hears this bill
 
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for the regulation, licensure, taxation, and use of cannabis; to authorize counties and municipal corporations to adopt certain ordinances; to amend Code Section 36-1-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ordinances for governing and policing of unincorporated areas of county, so as to authorize counties to adopt ordinances governing and punishing the possession of two ounces or less of marijuana; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
FIND YOUR LEGISLATORS here
HR368
SPONSOR: Steven Sainz
Committee: Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
Watch House Committee Hearing
Joint Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; create
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BLUE RIBBON STUDY COMMITTEE ON GA CANNABIS POLICIES
WATCH ALL 4 PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH PUBLIC COMMENT:
 
MEETING 1 ATLANTA   watch
MEETING 2 AUGUSTA  watch
MEETING 3 MACON      watch
MEETING 4 ATLANTA   watch
 
 
CHAIRMAN: MARK NEWTON CONTACT
LIST OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE
 
SR427 
SPONSOR: Kay Kirkpatrick
Senate Committee:Rules
House Committee: 
 creating the Senate Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; and for other purposes.
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