---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surface Mining; revise a definition"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-4-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to surface mining, so as to revise a definition; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Georgia SB 156 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Hill", "John Wilkinson", "Ross Tolleson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02a8a132-ff06-4367-baf6-59e512328c0d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7c11c2eb605bd64623d579c00826ca8129124f5fb75d3ee9e15985ca34165012"
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 SB 156 (2013_14) — Surface Mining; revise a definition

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-4-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to surface mining, so as to revise a definition; 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. **As introduced LC 40 0267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130608.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133100.pdf)
3. **SB 156/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137007.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack Hill — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-12** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 183 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02a8a132-ff06-4367-baf6-59e512328c0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).