Food service establishments; require notification of the country of origin of seafood items
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to food service establishments, so as to require notification of the country of origin of seafood items; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2026
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Jan 17, 2025
Signed May 6, 2026
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What changed between versions
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was updated from a committee substitute to its final passed version, refining the requirements for disclosing foreign shrimp. The changes clarify that the law applies to all food service establishments serving foreign imported shrimp, rather than just commercial ones, and explicitly exempt state agencies. Additionally, the text was restructured to ensure the disclosure requirement on placards is grammatically clear.
Scope change
The scope of the disclosure requirement was expanded from 'commercial food service establishments' to all 'food service establishments,' while adding a specific exemption for establishments operated by state agencies.
ELIGIBILITY
The requirement to display foreign shrimp disclosures now applies to all food service establishments, removing the previous restriction that limited it only to commercial establishments.
REQUIREMENT
A new exemption was added stating that the disclosure requirement does not apply to food service establishments operated by state agencies.
TECHNICAL
The text regarding placard disclosures was rephrased to improve clarity and grammatical structure.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 2, 2026 · House Feb 19, 2025
How they voted
41–7
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 51
Feb 2, 2026
D
Democratic20
50% Yea
R
Republican31
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Amendments
1
May 6, 2026
Signed into law
Act 426
upper
May 6, 2026
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Introduced
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Senate Recommitted
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Committee
Senate Recommitted
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Al Williams
DDemocratic
P
Buddy DeLoach
RRepublican
P
Jesse Petrea
RRepublican
P
Lehman Franklin
RRepublican
P
Rick Townsend
RRepublican
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