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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Natural Resources; provide flexibility for establishing watershed protection standards"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-2-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to promulgation of minimum standards and procedures for protection of natural resources, environment, and vital areas of the state, so as to provide flexibility for establishing watershed protection standards; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "SB 299"
+citation: "Georgia SB 299 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Frank Ginn", "Jeff Mullis", "John Wilkinson", "Mike Crane", "Ronnie Chance", "Ross Tolleson", "Steve Gooch"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-01-17"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e401d25e-bdc4-4e64-a052-d7da009685f9"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "6c0ff23357cde49fd90af475b967df7f597c1c2f4b8f286343f7050e08f27745"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 299 (2013_14) — Natural Resources; provide flexibility for establishing watershed protection standards
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-2-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to promulgation of minimum standards and procedures for protection of natural resources, environment, and vital areas of the state, so as to provide flexibility for establishing watershed protection standards; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 40 0463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137628.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140966.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 40 0536S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138941.pdf)
+4. **Floor amend 1 AM 40 0100ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140908.pdf)
+5. **SB 299/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143739.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **46–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
+- Burt Jones — primary (person)
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Mike Crane — primary (person)
+- Ronnie Chance — primary (person)
+- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-01-17** Senate Hopper
+- **2014-01-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-23** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-23** Act 602 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e401d25e-bdc4-4e64-a052-d7da009685f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+