---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permit Required for Burning Woods, Lands, and Marshes or Other Flammable Vegetation; except certain yard waste from permitting"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-6-90 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to permit required for burning woods, lands, marshes, or other flammable vegetation, and exceptions, so as to except certain yard waste from permitting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 119"
citation: "Georgia SB 119 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Dean Burke", "Frank Ginn", "Jeff Mullis", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Russ Goodman", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/626e1fbd-ebb6-472c-8595-1cd2acdd82fa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "093ed6f95089d3a53f5dac043375808515c8975c64e3699c20adb96763d7caec"
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 119 (2021_22) — Permit Required for Burning Woods, Lands, and Marshes or Other Flammable Vegetation; except certain yard waste from permitting

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-6-90 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to permit required for burning woods, lands, marshes, or other flammable vegetation, and exceptions, so as to except certain yard waste from permitting; 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. **As introduced LC 44 1600** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197112.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198598.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 44 1672S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198026.pdf)
4. **SB 119/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201313.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** Act 258 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/626e1fbd-ebb6-472c-8595-1cd2acdd82fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).