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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Conservation and natural resources; provide for an exception to notification of spills or releases; provide for definitions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to oil or hazardous material spills or releases, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for an exception to notification of spills or releases; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 223"
+citation: "Georgia HB 223 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lynn Smith", "Matt Dubnik", "Robert Dickey", "Terry England", "Tom McCall"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d67e736-65f1-4cda-a83c-d63da97949b8"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1890134f423f66c5d0ee2b8fc1c1845151bb4504e17877376502f4f76fbbc633"
+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 223 (2019_20) — Conservation and natural resources; provide for an exception to notification of spills or releases; provide for definitions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to oil or hazardous material spills or releases, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for an exception to notification of spills or releases; 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. **HB 223/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185102.pdf)
+2. **LC 45 0187ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180930.pdf)
+3. **LC 45 0251ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183789.pdf)
+4. **LC 45 0251ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183265.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **162–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
+- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+- Tom McCall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Act 188 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d67e736-65f1-4cda-a83c-d63da97949b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+