# Georgia HB 413: Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land Georgia HB 413, Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Charlice Byrd (Republican), Joe Campbell (Republican), David Huddleston (Republican) and 2 others; status signed, last action 2026-04-22 (House Date Signed by Governor) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB413-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Georgia HB 413 - State: Georgia - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-12 - Last action: 2026-04-22, House Date Signed by Governor - Sponsors: Charlice Byrd (Republican), Joe Campbell (Republican), David Huddleston (Republican), David Jenkins (Republican), Jordan Ridley (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Agriculture & Consumer Affairs, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, General Bill - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (307 yes, 83 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 9 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Property beneficiaries gain more filing time: benefit, medium. For owners who die on or after July 1, 2026, the former nine-month recording deadline is removed. Missing that deadline no longer sends the property interest back to the estate. Beneficiaries still record the acceptance affidavit, transfer tax declaration, and related papers with the property's cou… - Farms face fewer local operating rules: benefit, low. Georgia local governments cannot adopt or enforce rules covering specified crop-management or animal-care practices used to produce farm products on private property. They also cannot regulate livestock or livestock owners on private property or public roads covered by the law. This limits local co… - Beneficiaries must repay estate property costs: mixed, medium. Before acceptance, a solvent estate can pay mortgages, property taxes, and repairs needed to prevent imminent destruction of the property. The estate is entitled to repayment, and amounts unpaid one year after acceptance become a special property lien. Property-tax liens and earlier recorded securi… - Endangered estate property can be sold: mixed, medium. An insolvent estate's representative can record a notice affidavit when property faces imminent foreclosure, condemnation, or destruction. This authority requires notice from a secured lender or government entity. If no named beneficiary completes acceptance, the representative can sell the propert… - Inherited property gets protections, keeps liens: mixed, medium. Beneficiaries receive accepted property subject to the owner's existing recorded transfers, mortgages, liens, and other covered claims. A lien imposed without the beneficiary's agreement cannot attach until the acceptance affidavit is recorded. The deed takes priority over unsecured estate debts, e… - Surviving property beneficiaries receive lapsed shares: mixed, medium. A beneficiary's share lapses if they die before the owner or die afterward before accepting the property. That share is divided equally among the remaining named beneficiaries who were alive when the owner died. It does not return to the estate, so the deceased beneficiary's successors may not rece… - More estate planning choices, with limits: mixed, low. Georgia property owners can name alternate beneficiaries in a transfer-on-death deed. Alternates qualify when the primary beneficiary dies before the owner or dies afterward before accepting the property. Owners can also name a trustee to receive property for an express trust. But the deed cannot c… - Owners face rules for canceling deeds: mixed, low. Before death, owners can cancel a beneficiary designation using a separate document that refers to the original transfer-on-death deed. They must record it with the property's county superior court clerk, with an officer and another witness attesting their signature. Someone holding the owner's pow… - Property beneficiaries get help accepting deeds: mixed, low. Property passes after death only when the required affidavit confirming the owner's death is signed and recorded. Legally capable beneficiaries and authorized trustees or entities can accept; guardians or conservators can accept for minors or wards. Beneficiaries generally cannot accept for others… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Charlice Byrd (Republican), House - Sponsor: Joe Campbell (Republican), House - Sponsor: David Huddleston (Republican), House - Sponsor: David Jenkins (Republican), House - Sponsor: Jordan Ridley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bo Hatchett (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-02 | House | Agree to Senate Substitute | pass | 96 | 70 | 10 | | 2026-03-31 | Senate | PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE | pass | 49 | 0 | 3 | | 2025-03-03 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 162 | 13 | 3 | ## Actions (16) - 2026-04-22: House Date Signed by Governor (House) - 2026-04-22: Act 379 - 2026-04-22: Effective Date - 2026-04-10: House Sent to Governor (House) - 2026-04-02: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub (House) - 2026-03-31: Senate Third Read (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate) - 2026-03-20: Senate Read Second Time (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate Read and Referred (Senate) - 2025-03-03: House Third Readers (House) - 2025-03-03: House Passed/Adopted (House) - 2025-02-26: House Committee Favorably Reported (House) - 2025-02-18: House Second Readers (House) - 2025-02-13: House First Readers (House) - 2025-02-12: House Hopper (House) ## Bill text - HB 413/AP* (v5): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/249061) ## Related bills - SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed) - SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed) - SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed) - SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed) - HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed) - HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed) ## Sources - [HB 413/AP* (v5) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/249061) ## Related - [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026) - [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026) - [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026) - [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026) - [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026) - [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026) - [Georgia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/georgia/bills) - [Georgia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/georgia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB413-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).