2025-2026 Regular Session

HB996

Agriculture, Department of; food deserts; require annual reporting

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Agriculture, so as to require annual reporting by such department regarding food deserts in this state; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
Last status date: January 27, 2026
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
Author: Bryce Berry
Co-sponsors: Robert Dawson Imani Barnes Kim Schofield Angie O'Steen

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January 16, 2026 · House

Agriculture and Consumer Affairs

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

January 27, 2026
House House Second Readers
January 16, 2026
House House First Readers
January 15, 2026
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2083468
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB996.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00