---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; further regulation of soil amendments derived from industrial by-products by local governments; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to soil amendments, so as to authorize further regulation of soil amendments derived from industrial by-products by local governments; 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 1057"
citation: "Georgia HB 1057 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Chris Erwin", "Spencer Frye", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-27"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/008dcb05-4c96-4e90-bc26-0b233668a337"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "aeea7335cce29d2c63a0ea9dd5ddd0cd503f036791606e409684d8e22ac58047"
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 1057 (2019_20) — Agriculture; further regulation of soil amendments derived from industrial by-products by local governments; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to soil amendments, so as to authorize further regulation of soil amendments derived from industrial by-products by local governments; 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 1057/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195326.pdf)
2. **LC 41 2409/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191291.pdf)
3. **LC 44 1488S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193217.pdf)
4. **LC 44 1488S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192742.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **164–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-27** House Hopper
- **2020-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 505 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/008dcb05-4c96-4e90-bc26-0b233668a337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).