---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservation and natural resources; extend date for hazardous waste fees"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hazardous site response, so as to extend the sunset date for certain hazardous waste fees; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 893"
citation: "Georgia HB 893 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Buckner", "Lynn Smith", "Randy Nix", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7f131d1-a339-4b11-8f18-782219b931cc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9e2f6bd967c482c5ac7c1aca4de80903877dc29143a3fc0fbf87a01da057e5f6"
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 893 (2021_22) — Conservation and natural resources; extend date for hazardous waste fees

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hazardous site response, so as to extend the sunset date for certain hazardous waste fees; 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 893/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212187.pdf)
2. **LC 51 0044/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203304.pdf)
3. **LC 51 0104S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206735.pdf)
4. **LC 51 0104S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205944.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **163–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** House Hopper
- **2022-01-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-01-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
- **2022-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 749 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7f131d1-a339-4b11-8f18-782219b931cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).