---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste management; certain definitions; modify and enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-8-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to solid waste management, so as to modify certain definitions and enact new definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 785"
citation: "Georgia HB 785 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Debbie Buckner", "Jan Tankersley", "Randy Nix", "Tom McCall"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfcc4b8e-a2ff-4ed2-8f26-895759a6546e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c18f19a7a3d09ae6feaf085918b03b9646f44481a3c42fec211126069d19dded"
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 785 (2017_18) — Solid waste management; certain definitions; modify and enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-8-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to solid waste management, so as to modify certain definitions and enact new definitions; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** House Hopper
- **2018-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2018-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2018-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 453 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfcc4b8e-a2ff-4ed2-8f26-895759a6546e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).