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40 bills for “Alcoholic beverages”.
Alcoholic beverages; authorize a local governing authority to allow certain museums within its jurisdiction to sell alcoholic beverages at the same times on Sundays as other retailers
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let counties and cities allow historic museums to sell alcohol on Sundays during the same hours as other retailers, if local voters have already approved Sunday alcohol sales.
… Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, is amended by adding a new subsection to Code Section 3-3-7, relating to …
Alcoholic Beverages; the issuance of wholesale consumable hemp licenses to wholesale dealers of alcoholic beverages; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would bar wholesale alcoholic beverage dealers, and businesses affiliated with them, from getting state licenses to sell consumable hemp products, and would ban them from distributing hemp products at all.
… Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of alcoholic beverages generally, is amended by adding a new Code section to …
Alcoholic beverages; sale within 250 feet of any polling place; repeal prohibition
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would remove the state law banning alcohol sales within 250 feet of a polling place, letting stores and bars near voting sites sell alcohol on election days.
… Code Section 3-3-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays, election days, and Christmas Day, is amended by …
Alcoholic Beverages; retail dealers to offer discounts to consumers through premiums, coupons, or rebates on alcoholic beverages purchased for consumption off the premises; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let retail stores offer discounts, coupons, or rebates on alcohol sold for off-premises consumption, and would double the number of in-store tasting events package liquor stores can hold each year.
… A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to authorize retail dealers …
Alcoholic beverages; purchased from designated retail dealers by small businesses; provide for sale or distribution
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 126 would let small businesses in Georgia buy alcoholic beverages from designated retail dealers and resell them for on-site consumption, under a new licensing and reporting system run by the state.
… As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Alcoholic beverages' means distilled spirits, malt beverages, and wines. (2) 'Small business' means a business enterprise whose gross annual revenue …
Alcoholic Beverages and Motor Vehicles and Traffic; production of distilled spirits by a person in his or her private residence; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let people legally distill small amounts of spirits at home for personal use, with strict limits on quantity, transport, and sale, while updating the state's open container law to match.
… Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: <ins>"3-4 …
Alcoholic Beverages; regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and sale; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let small beer brewers sell limited amounts directly to local retailers, remove the daily cap on off-premises beer sales at brewery taproom, and define what counts as a 'small brewer' under state law.
… Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, is amended by adding a new paragraph to Code Section 3-1-2, relating to …
Income Taxes; amount of a tax credit based on the federal tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses; increase
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House committee substitute for SB 89 would change the definition of a retail package liquor store in Georgia law and allow those stores to also sell certain beverage products regulated under a separate chapter of state law, despite the bill's official title referring to income tax credits.
… A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 3-1-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding alcoholic beverages, so …
Alcoholic beverages; retail dealers; revise provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 210 would let people hold beneficial interests in more than two retail alcohol dealer licenses in Georgia's highest tax-revenue counties, phased in through 2032, and would double the number of tasting events liquor stores can hold each year.
… Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages is amended by revising Code Section 3-4-21, relating to prohibition of holding or …
Alcoholic beverages; satellite tasting rooms operated by brewers; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let beer brewers open up to two satellite tasting rooms away from their main brewery, where they could sell their own beer directly to customers and even hold a full retail license.
… Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to prohibit the sale or service of other alcoholic beverages at the same location if such sale or service is …
"Craft Beer and Local Economy Revitalization Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let craft brewers donate beer to charity events, remove the daily cap on beer sold for take-home consumption, and let small brewers sell limited amounts directly to retailers.
… Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, is amended by adding a new paragraph to Code Section 3-1-2, relating to …
Georgia Craft Brewery Innovation and Survival Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 581 would let Georgia craft brewers and brewpubs donate beer to charity events, sell more beer directly to customers without daily limits, and let small brewers sell limited amounts directly to retailers.
… Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, is amended by adding a new paragraph to Code Section 3-1-2, relating to …
Women's Golf Week; first week of April each year; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: Despite its title referencing Women's Golf Week, this Georgia Senate substitute for HB 718 actually rewrites the state's beer law to let brewers operate satellite tasting rooms away from their main brewery.
… at the licensed premises where such malt beverage first began fermentation through the chemical conversion of fermentable sugars into alcohol. <ins>(4) 'Satellite tasting room' means a separate …
Revenue and taxation; prohibit sale of any flavored consumable vaping product
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would ban the sale, distribution, or gift of any flavored vaping product in the state, covering fruit, candy, menthol, and other flavors, with violations treated as a misdemeanor.
… any taste or odor relating to fruit, chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa, dessert, alcoholic beverage, menthol, mint, wintergreen, herb or spice, or a cooling sensation distinguishable by an …
Distilled Spirits; sale of consumable hemp products by retail dealers in distilled spirits; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let stores licensed to sell distilled spirits also sell consumable hemp products, such as certain hemp-derived beverages or edibles, if they obtain a separate hemp retail license.
Senate Bill 294 By: Senators Summers of the 13th, Strickland of the 42nd, Beach of the 21st, Jones II of the 22nd, Jackson of the 41st and others …
Public Health, Department of; require inclusion of an opioid antagonist in first aid kits maintained at certain establishments
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require bars and restaurants to keep opioid antagonists like Narcan in their first aid kits and train staff to use them during overdoses.
… used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Alcoholic beverages' means and includes all alcohol, distilled spirits, beer, malt beverages, wine, and fortified wine. (2) 'Bar' means an …
Education; prohibit private and public primary and secondary schools from serving or selling, or allowing a third party to serve or sell, food or beverages that contain certain synthetic dyes
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would ban schools from serving or selling foods with seven specific synthetic dyes starting in 2027, and would add those same dyes plus two other additives to the state's list of substances that make food legally 'adulterated' starting in 2028.
… or selling, or allowing a third party to serve or sell, food or beverages that contain certain synthetic dyes; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title …
Joint Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; create
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution would create a study committee to examine intoxicating cannabinoids like delta-8-THC and THCA in consumable hemp products, and to consider whether Georgia should tax hemp beverage sales.
… on the hemp industry in Georgia; and WHEREAS, other intoxicating substances, such as alcohol, are subject to excise taxes in this state; and WHEREAS, there is currently no …
Professional licensing boards; continuing education tracking solution to monitor compliance of licenses with applicable continuing education requirements; establish
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate substitute to HB 34 would rewrite Georgia's hemp product law to cap the amount of THC and similar intoxicating compounds allowed in consumable hemp products, and require new warning labels about driving impairment.
… A) A food product; or (B) A drink or beverage that contains alcohol or constitutes an alcoholic beverage under Title 3. (3) Nothing in this subsection is intended …
Stone Mountain Memorial Association; hold all real property obtained before January 1, 1971, in trust; require
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1415 would require the Stone Mountain Memorial Association to hold in trust all real property it acquired before January 1, 1971, and bar the association from selling that land except for public road right of way.
… and (14) To sell, upon obtaining a license from the Department of Revenue, alcoholic beverages, as defined in Title 3, at any motel, hotel, restaurant, coliseum area, or …
Georgia Hemp Farming Act; provide limits on the total concentration of THC and other intoxicating cannabinoids in consumable hemp products
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would tighten the state's hemp law by capping the total amount of THC and similar intoxicating compounds allowed in consumable hemp products, including new milligram limits for hemp gummies, and would make violations a misdemeanor.
… A) A food product; or (B) A drink or beverage that contains alcohol or constitutes an alcoholic beverage under Title 3. <del>(3)</del> Nothing in this <del …
Incorporation of Municipal Corporations; transition of certain services related to newly incorporated municipalities in certain counties; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill sets rules for how counties with more than 15 municipalities must hand off police service, roads, storm-water systems, fees, and taxes to brand-new cities incorporated after January 1, 2024.
… fee, or collection. (B) This paragraph shall apply, but not be limited, to alcoholic beverage fees and taxes, business license fees, and occupation taxes collected within the qualified …
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; various provisions enacted prior to 2013 which are contingent upon funding and which remain unfunded; repeal
Summary by Georgia Commons: This Georgia House bill cleans up dozens of Georgia laws by repealing unfunded provisions, updating outdated references like the No Child Left Behind Act, removing sections courts have found unconstitutional, and changing how leadership rotates on the Georgia World Congress Center oversight committee.
… Said Code is further amended by repealing Code Section 3-7-43, relating to issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses to private clubs by governing authorities of certain counties …
Food, drugs, and cosmetics; authorize production and sale of cottage food items with certain exemptions, requirements, and disclosures
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 398 would let Georgians make certain low-risk foods like baked goods, jams, and popcorn in their home kitchens and sell them directly to customers or through stores, with labeling rules but no state kitchen inspection.
… The term 'cottage food item' shall not include alcoholic beverages, foods containing cannabis, or raw milk. (3) 'Cottage food operator' means a person who produces cottage food items …
Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 2025; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 193 would create a Georgia version of California's Prop 65, requiring businesses with 10 or more employees to warn people before exposing them to chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm and barring such chemicals from reaching drinking water.
… 55-4 regarding one or more of the following: (A) An exposure to alcoholic beverages that are consumed on the alleged violator's premises to the extent onsite …
Specialized Land Transactions; business enterprises or business enterprises controlled by natural born persons from owning an interest in more than 500 single-family residential properties; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill, as rewritten by a House committee substitute, would create a fast-track process for property owners to get sheriffs and other officers to remove squatters, while also rewriting the state's unlawful squatting and eviction laws.
… Code Section 16-8-14.1; (4) For furnishing alcoholic beverages to, and purchase and possession of alcoholic beverages by, a person under 21 years of age, as …
Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 2026; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create a new Prop 65-style law requiring businesses to warn people before exposing them to chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, and would ban discharging those chemicals into drinking water sources.
… 55-4 regarding one or more of the following: (A) An exposure to alcoholic beverages that are consumed on the alleged violator's premises to the extent onsite …
Motor vehicles; issuance of separate license plates for hearses and ambulances; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate substitute to HB 61, retitled the Georgia Anti-Squatting Act of 2026, would rewrite Georgia's squatting and eviction laws, giving property owners a fast law enforcement removal process and toughening penalties for using fake lease documents.
… Code Section 16-8-14.1; (4) For furnishing alcoholic beverages to, and purchase and possession of alcoholic beverages by, a person under 21 years of age, as …
Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 296 requires Georgia voters, hunters, and anglers to show a physical driver's license rather than a phone version, while letting drivers show a digital license to police and creating a new tax payment option for certain rental and charter vehicles.
… to proof of voter identification or proof of age for purposes of purchasing alcoholic beverages. (b)(1) Every licensee <ins>required pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code …
Revenue and taxation; maximum amount of local sales and use taxes that may be imposed; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 537 would tighten Georgia's 2 percent cap on combined local sales taxes, add a narrow exception for MARTA-style transit taxes, and rework the rules for local special-purpose sales taxes used for property tax relief.
… and shall be applicable to the sale of food and food ingredients and alcoholic beverages as provided for in Code Section 48-8-3. (c) The special sales …
Sales and use tax; new special purpose local option sales tax dedicated to certain healthcare purposes; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1214 would let certain Georgia consolidated city-county governments ask voters to approve a new 1 percent sales tax dedicated to hospital funding, indigent care, and other healthcare shortfalls.
… and shall be applicable to the sale of food and food ingredients and alcoholic beverages as provided for in Code Section 48-8-3. (c) Such sales and …
Sales and use tax; new special purpose local option sales tax dedicated to healthcare purposes; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1100 would let Georgia cities and counties ask voters to approve a new 1 percent sales tax dedicated to hospitals, clinics, and healthcare worker recruitment, lasting up to five years.
… and shall be applicable to the sale of food and food ingredients and alcoholic beverages as provided for in Code Section 48-8-3. (c) Such sales and …
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize and correct errors or omissions
Summary by Georgia Commons: This is the annual Georgia Code Revision Commission bill that fixes typos, punctuation, cross-references, and outdated terms across dozens of titles of the Official Code of Georgia and formally reenacts the entire Code for 2026.
… Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, is amended in: (1) Code Section 3-3-10, relating to delivery of malt beverages …
Eatonton, City of; provide a new charter
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1536 rewrites the City of Eatonton's charter, keeping the same boundaries but restructuring its city council into four wards, setting new terms and rules for city officials, and taking effect July 1, 2026.
… Examples of powers. (a) Alcoholic beverages. To regulate and license the keeping for sale, selling, or offering for sale of any spirituous, vinous, malt, or fermented wines or …
Ad valorem tax; expand definition of rental motor vehicle
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate substitute to HB 66 would let Georgia counties create a new 'alternative homestead option sales tax' of 1 percent, with the money used to fund capital projects and reduce homestead property tax bills, if voters approve it in a referendum.
… and shall be applicable to the sale of food and food ingredients and alcoholic beverages only to the extent provided for in paragraph (57) of Code Section 48 …
Alternative Homestead Option Sales and Use Tax Act of 2025; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: HB731 would let Georgia counties create a new type of local sales tax, called an alternative homestead option sales and use tax, to fund capital projects and pay for a homestead property tax exemption, if voters approve it in a referendum.
… and shall be applicable to the sale of food and food ingredients and alcoholic beverages only to the extent provided for in paragraph (57) of Code Section 48 …
Revenue and taxation; postpone date by which local governing authorities can opt out of base year homestead exemption
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 92 changes deadlines and procedures for the local governments that opted out of Georgia's new base year homestead exemption created by HB 581 (2024), and adds a new sales tax break for certain school construction materials.
… and shall be applicable to the sale of food and food ingredients and alcoholic beverages as provided for in Code Section 48-8-3. (c) The special sales …
Joint county and municipal sales and use tax (LOST); negotiations for distribution of tax proceeds; revise provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House Ways and Means substitute for HB 560 would change how Georgia's local sales taxes work in three ways: a new exemption for school construction materials, adjustments to the 2 percent local sales tax cap and a special property tax relief sales tax, and new rules for splitting joint county and municipal sales tax (LOST) money when a county or city will not sign the distribution agreement.
… and shall be applicable to the sale of food and food ingredients and alcoholic beverages as provided for in Code Section 48-8-3. (c) The special sales …
Sales and use tax; new special purpose local option sales tax dedicated to certain healthcare purposes; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1111 would let Georgia counties ask voters to approve a new one percent sales tax dedicated to hospital funding, capped at up to six years, with proceeds split between counties and local hospital authorities.
… and shall be applicable to the sale of food and food ingredients and alcoholic beverages as provided for in Code Section 48-8-3. (d) The sales and …
"Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would overhaul several property tax rules statewide, creating a new local sales tax option to fund homestead exemptions, tightening how homestead exemption values are calculated, and changing when local governments can hold tax-related special elections.
… and shall be applicable to the sale of food and food ingredients and alcoholic beverages as provided for in Code Section 48-8-3. The levy of such …