---
type: "Bill"
title: "Soil Amendments; exclude from regulation"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-12-80 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to promulgation and adoption of rules and regulations and sharing of information, so as to exclude certain soil amendments from regulation; to limit locally adopted buffers and setbacks; 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 260"
citation: "Georgia SB 260 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ca8660c-4167-4538-b6c2-2ef566f042fa"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c5bd105a00379c90f5faa4ecc6d2dd1727e07f05df0e9119e3741c4b409aa580"
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 260 (2021_22) — Soil Amendments; exclude from regulation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-12-80 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to promulgation and adoption of rules and regulations and sharing of information, so as to exclude certain soil amendments from regulation; to limit locally adopted buffers and setbacks; 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 1690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198820.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199872.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 44 1710S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199294.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1 AM 44 0150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199853.pdf)
5. **LC 44 1739S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200901.pdf)
6. **SB 260/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202186.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **39–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2021-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** House Third Reading Lost `failure, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** House Reconsidered
- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted Reconsidered Bill/Resolution By Substitute
- **2021-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 220 `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/9ca8660c-4167-4538-b6c2-2ef566f042fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).