---
type: "Bill"
title: "State-wide water management plan; ratify amendments"
description: "A RESOLUTION to ratify amendments to a certain comprehensive state-wide water management plan; to provide for force and effect; to provide for construction; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HR 1008"
citation: "Georgia HR 1008 (2025_26)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Corbett", "Lynn Smith", "Rick Townsend", "Robert Dickey", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10a55b29-4f51-4d35-b8ee-4473d9eb8540"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "91ccd8f7683e3be29da47aea1550c81a168beb37582100c68f9582aef4e92a28"
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 HR 1008 (2025_26) — State-wide water management plan; ratify amendments

A RESOLUTION to ratify amendments to a certain comprehensive state-wide water management plan; to provide for force and effect; to provide for construction; to provide an effective date; 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. **HR 1008/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245691.pdf)
2. **LC 44 3274/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239703.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #695 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #464 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Rick Townsend — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-01-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-01-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-06** Act 425 `executive-signature`
- **2026-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10a55b29-4f51-4d35-b8ee-4473d9eb8540`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).