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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mining and drilling; regulate exploration and extraction of gas and oil; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mining and drilling, so as to regulate the exploration and extraction of gas and oil in this state; to provide for a definition; to provide for authority to create an Oil and Gas Board under certain circumstances; to require the promulgation of rules and regulations related to drilling and extraction; to amend provisions relating to drilling permits; to increase the amount of bond security for drilling operations; to provide for authority of local governments; to impose a severance tax on the extraction of oil and gas; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 205"
+citation: "Georgia HB 205 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Broadrick", "Eddie Lumsden", "Jason Ridley", "John Meadows", "Katie Dempsey", "Rick Jasperse"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-01"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff1a8aa1-7878-44eb-b8e2-4b53198c9c25"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4435f850961f2ab6497ead448855423a6d2bfa022d26000c160aeb4e939d0d0e"
+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 205 (2017_18) — Mining and drilling; regulate exploration and extraction of gas and oil; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mining and drilling, so as to regulate the exploration and extraction of gas and oil in this state; to provide for a definition; to provide for authority to create an Oil and Gas Board under certain circumstances; to require the promulgation of rules and regulations related to drilling and extraction; to amend provisions relating to drilling permits; to increase the amount of bond security for drilling operations; to provide for authority of local governments; to impose a severance tax on the extraction of oil and gas; 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.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **162–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
+- John Meadows — primary (person)
+- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-01** House Hopper
+- **2017-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2017-03-30** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2017-03-30** House Insisted
+- **2017-03-30** House Conference Committee Appointed 5th, 36th, 106th
+- **2017-03-30** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 25th, 52nd, 49th
+- **2018-01-29** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2018-03-09** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Act 481 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff1a8aa1-7878-44eb-b8e2-4b53198c9c25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+