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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Forestry Commission; create a standing timber notification website; require"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-6-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notice of timber harvesting operations, so as to require the State Forestry Commission to create a standing timber notification website; to provide for promulgation of rules and regulations; to change surety bond and letter of credit requirements; to provide for claims against bonds; to provide for appeals of such claims; to provide for replacement bonds; 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 897"
+citation: "Georgia HB 897 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Burchett", "John Corbett", "Jon Burns", "Sam Watson", "Tom McCall", "Trey Rhodes"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-05"
+last_action: "2020-07-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ea916a2-a825-4533-91c7-b62638010a63"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5c05f85c78902d52974b431ccb30ea8e51fdb2ec3dc33d812a2cdffb6f305df5"
+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 897 (2019_20) — State Forestry Commission; create a standing timber notification website; require
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-6-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notice of timber harvesting operations, so as to require the State Forestry Commission to create a standing timber notification website; to provide for promulgation of rules and regulations; to change surety bond and letter of credit requirements; to provide for claims against bonds; to provide for appeals of such claims; to provide for replacement bonds; 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 897/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195226.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 1388/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189501.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1505S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193767.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **166–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Burchett — primary (person)
+- John Corbett — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+- Tom McCall — primary (person)
+- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-05** House Hopper
+- **2020-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2020-06-22** Senate Transmitted House
+- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-22** Act 481 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-22** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ea916a2-a825-4533-91c7-b62638010a63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+