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JOHN K. WILKINSON COMMITTEES: District 50 PO Box 2227 Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Chairman Toccoa, Georgia 30577 Education and Youth, Vice-Chairman Appropriations 421-A State Capitol Natural Resources and the Environment Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Rules, Ex-Officio Tel: (404) 463-5257 Fax: (404) 651-6768 The State Senate [email protected] Atlanta, Georgia 30334 March 2, 2020 MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA TO: Senator Lee Anderson Senator Zahra Karinshak Senator Ellis Black Senator Sheikh Rahman Senator Tyler Harper Senator Freddie Powell Sims Senator Bill Heath Senator Larry Walker, III Senator Dean Burke FROM: Senator John Wilkinson, 50th, Chairman ______________________________________________________________________________ The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs will meet Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 4:00pm in Mezz 1 in the Capitol. _____________________________________________________________________________ Meeting Agenda Appointment to Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission SB 358 (Senator Harper, 7th) – Muscadine Grape as the Official Grape SB 381 (Senator Kirkpatrick, 32nd) – Food and Drug Administration Record Accessibility SB 338 (Senator Kirkpatrick, 32nd) – Licensing of Pet Dealers SB 468 (Senator Unterman, 45th) – Disabled Veteran Service Dog Registration SB 434 (Senator Harrell, 40th) – Single Use Carry Out plastic Bag Prohibition HB 777 (Rep. Corbett, 174th) – Tall Mass Timber Provisions Minimum Standard Codes *The Chairman reserves the right to revise the agenda CC: Honorable Brian Kemp, Governor Honorable Geoff Duncan, Lt. Governor Butch Miller, President Pro Tempore Mr. David Cook, Sec. of the Senate’s Office Senator Mike Dugan, Majority Leader Commissioner Gary Black, Dept. of Ag. Natalie Heath, Senate Budget Andrew Allison, Senate Press Kessarin Horvath, Senate Press Katherine Russell, Senate Research Office Paul Higbee, Legislative Counsel _____________________________________________________________________________________ .

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