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Georgia General Assembly · SB 447 · Senate Date Signed by Governor (Act 513)

Control of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; denial or nonacceptance of permits; revise provisions

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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of soil erosion and sedimentation, so as to revise provisions regarding denial or nonacceptance of permits; Read the full text

2025-2026 regular session

What it does

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of soil erosion and sedimentation, so as to revise provisions regarding denial or nonacceptance of permits; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide general provisions for counties and municipalities regarding the acceptance, denial, or nonacceptance o
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Where it is

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Senate Hopper · Feb 2, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 3, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 19, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 20, 2026
Senate Recommitted · Feb 25, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 26, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 3, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 3, 2026
House First Readers · Mar 4, 2026
House Second Readers · Mar 6, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 19, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 31, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 31, 2026
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 2, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 11, 2026
Act 513 · May 11, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026

The numbers

15
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Dixon, ClintStill, ShawnAnavitarte, JasonGoodman, RussEchols, DrewSummers, CardenCowsert, BillWalker, III, LarryWatson, SamWilliams, RickPayne, ChuckWatson, BenDickerson, Jason T.Ginn, FrankAnderson, Victor

Recorded votes

AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-04-03 · yea 51, nay 2, notVoting 2, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-31 · yea 95, nay 72, notVoting 8, excused 5
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-03 · yea 46, nay 4, notVoting 4, excused 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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