--- title: SB 551. Standard, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food; eggs; repeal provisions collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sb551 cite_as: SB 551, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb551 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb551.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb551/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73517 date: 2026-05-06 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb550.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb552.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 1035 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb551.md?full=1 bill_number: SB 551 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: Senate bill_type: bill status_date: 2026-05-06 last_action: Effective Date 2026-07-01 sponsors: - Sam Watson - Lee Anderson - Drew Echols - Russ Goodman - Mike Cameron text_version: Enrolled has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB551/2025 upstream_id: 2122697 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - food safety - egg regulation - agriculture law - food labeling --- # SB 551. Standard, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food; eggs; repeal provisions ## Text Senate Bill 551 By: Senators Watson of the 11th, Anderson of the 24th, Echols of the 49th and Goodman of the 8th AS PASSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standard, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to repeal provisions relative to eggs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standard, labeling, and adulteration of food, is amended by repealing and reserving Article 8, relating to eggs. SECTION 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia Senate bill would repeal the state's existing laws regulating eggs, removing a set of rules from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated without replacing them. ### Plain-language summary Georgia law currently has a section, Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 26, that sets specific standards for eggs sold in the state as part of the broader food labeling and adulteration laws. This bill repeals that entire article and 'reserves' it, meaning the space in the code is kept empty rather than filled with new rules right away. The bill does not replace the egg rules with a new regulatory scheme; it simply removes them from Georgia law. It also repeals any other laws that conflict with this change. The bill does not include a stated delayed effective date in the text provided, so it would take effect according to standard Georgia rules once signed. ### What it does - Repeals Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, which contained Georgia's specific egg standards. - Reserves the repealed article, leaving that part of the code empty rather than assigning new content to it. - Repeals any other Georgia laws or parts of laws that conflict with this change. ### Who it affects Egg producers, distributors, and retailers operating in Georgia who were subject to the state's specific egg standards, along with state regulators who enforced those rules under Chapter 2 of Title 26 covering food standards and labeling. ### Why it matters Removing Georgia's dedicated egg standards could change how eggs are regulated, labeled, or inspected in the state, since the specific statutory rules for eggs would no longer exist in Chapter 2 of Title 26 unless other laws or regulations fill the gap. ### Key provisions - Section 1 repeals and reserves Article 8 of Chapter 2 of Title 26, the part of Georgia law specifically covering eggs. - Section 2 repeals all other laws or parts of laws that conflict with this Act. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-05-06) - Last action: Effective Date 2026-07-01 (2026-05-06) - Sponsors: Sam Watson, Lee Anderson, Drew Echols, Russ Goodman, Mike Cameron - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73517 > The history, votes, and amendments (1,035 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sb551.md?full=1