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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Conservation and natural resources; shore protection; revise various provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to shore protection, so as to revise various provisions relative to shore protection; to revise and add definitions; to establish authority and powers of the Department of Natural Resources; to revise provisions relating to permit activities and procedures; to strike obsolete language and correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 445"
+citation: "Georgia HB 445 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dale Washburn", "Don Hogan", "Heath Clark", "Joseph Gullett", "Rick Williams", "Steven Sainz"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-22"
+last_action: "2019-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92a194e0-924e-4b28-825e-8357e7d1fc49"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "307b3f4b08f5d5f8989f541c347d7ce401df8d8737009e69fc98ba80ad8a0886"
+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 445 (2019_20) — Conservation and natural resources; shore protection; revise various provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to shore protection, so as to revise various provisions relative to shore protection; to revise and add definitions; to establish authority and powers of the Department of Natural Resources; to revise provisions relating to permit activities and procedures; to strike obsolete language and correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 445/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187634.pdf)
+2. **LC 28 9227ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182522.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 45 0299ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185122.pdf)
+4. **Sen ctee sub LC 47 0189S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186850.pdf)
+5. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186954.pdf)
+6. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186955.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **113–54** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
+- Don Hogan — primary (person)
+- Heath Clark — primary (person)
+- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
+- Rick Williams — primary (person)
+- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-22** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Tabled
+- **2019-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2019-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-03** Act 152 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92a194e0-924e-4b28-825e-8357e7d1fc49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+