---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservation and natural resources; shore protection; revise various provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to shore protection, so as to revise various provisions relative to shore protection; to revise and add definitions; to establish authority and powers of the Department of Natural Resources; to revise provisions relating to permit activities and procedures; to strike obsolete language and correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 445"
citation: "Georgia HB 445 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Washburn", "Don Hogan", "Heath Clark", "Joseph Gullett", "Rick Williams", "Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92a194e0-924e-4b28-825e-8357e7d1fc49"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "307b3f4b08f5d5f8989f541c347d7ce401df8d8737009e69fc98ba80ad8a0886"
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 445 (2019_20) — Conservation and natural resources; shore protection; revise various provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to shore protection, so as to revise various provisions relative to shore protection; to revise and add definitions; to establish authority and powers of the Department of Natural Resources; to revise provisions relating to permit activities and procedures; to strike obsolete language and correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 445/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187634.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9227ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182522.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 45 0299ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185122.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 47 0189S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186850.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186954.pdf)
6. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186955.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **113–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
- Don Hogan — primary (person)
- Heath Clark — primary (person)
- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** House Hopper
- **2019-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2019-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2019-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-03** Act 152 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92a194e0-924e-4b28-825e-8357e7d1fc49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).