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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; revise provisions;"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to soil and water conservation districts, so as to revise provisions relating to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; to provide for administrative attachment; to provide for appointment to the commission; to remove authority related to eminent domain; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to erosion and sedimentation control, so as to provide for erosion manual publication oversight; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 397"
+citation: "Georgia HB 397 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "David Knight", "Jay Roberts", "Penny Houston", "Terry England", "Tom McCall"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-19"
+last_action: "2015-04-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf04c896-9eb9-4fd5-95ce-4dcc7f2206fc"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "bd2dcbff96cbf927122504bce5babc81c86b0526052299b0e504ab90d02b6e7b"
+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 HB 397 (2015_16) — State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; revise provisions;
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to soil and water conservation districts, so as to revise provisions relating to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; to provide for administrative attachment; to provide for appointment to the commission; to remove authority related to eminent domain; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to erosion and sedimentation control, so as to provide for erosion manual publication oversight; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 397/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152861.pdf)
+2. **LC 40 0820/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148485.pdf)
+3. **LC 40 0868S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150552.pdf)
+4. **LC 40 0868S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149751.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0922S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152039.pdf)
+6. **Sen floor am 1 AM 40 0141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152576.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor am 2 AM 40 0140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152603.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **156–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
+- David Knight — primary (person)
+- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+- Tom McCall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-19** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Transmitted House
+- **2015-03-27** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2015-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-04-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-04-08** Act 17 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-04-08** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf04c896-9eb9-4fd5-95ce-4dcc7f2206fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+