---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Brownfield Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the \"Georgia Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act,\" so as provide a new short title; to revise definitions; to expand the limitation of liability to certain purchasers; to provide for transfer of limitation of liability; to provide for applicability; 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 957"
citation: "Georgia HB 957 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden", "Chuck Williams", "Lynn Smith", "Tom McCall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-07"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ab5b121-78b7-4f2a-9501-0cf941c26c0b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d72e10775f530a26effc12cdcd17c6c1712ac9301ce7c7979285cb0b4b561752"
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 957 (2013_14) — Georgia Brownfield Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act," so as provide a new short title; to revise definitions; to expand the limitation of liability to certain purchasers; to provide for transfer of limitation of liability; to provide for applicability; 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 957/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144464.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0538ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139288.pdf)
3. **LC 40 0564ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141581.pdf)
4. **LC 40 0564ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140624.pdf)
5. **Sen floor am 1 AM 40 0116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144471.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-07** House Hopper
- **2014-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **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 `passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 530 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ab5b121-78b7-4f2a-9501-0cf941c26c0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).