---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water resources; issuance of sludge land application permits; revise certain requirements"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to water resources, so as to revise certain requirements related to issuance of sludge land application permits; to require consistency with existing local zoning ordinances; to require that public hearings be held within jurisdiction of the governing authority where the proposed land application site is located; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 741"
citation: "Georgia HB 741 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Harrell", "Dan Gasaway", "Jan Tankersley", "Jay Powell", "Kevin Tanner", "Lynn Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-14"
last_action: "2014-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cb8311a-cab4-4213-a682-5bb22fda20f1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e486a6f12d5dc8a46241ee000a70047f10a93d7ebcedc038290db90c66396c0d"
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 741 (2013_14) — Water resources; issuance of sludge land application permits; revise certain requirements

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to water resources, so as to revise certain requirements related to issuance of sludge land application permits; to require consistency with existing local zoning ordinances; to require that public hearings be held within jurisdiction of the governing authority where the proposed land application site is located; to provide for an effective date; 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 741/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144362.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0412/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137445.pdf)
3. **LC 40 0519S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139499.pdf)
4. **LC 40 0519S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139089.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0630ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143264.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **161–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
- Dan Gasaway — primary (person)
- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-01-14** House Hopper
- **2014-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-10** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-18** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-23** Act 603 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-23** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cb8311a-cab4-4213-a682-5bb22fda20f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).