republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-402.md

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Bill	Conservation; shore protection and coastal marshlands protection; revise various provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coastal waters, beaches, and sand dunes, so as to revise various provisions relative to shore protection and coastal marshlands 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 repeal provisions relating to local shore assistance programs; to provide for marine contractor licenses; to repeal provisions relating to the leasing of state-owned marshland or water bottoms; to provide for applicability; to strike obsolete language and correct cross-references; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 402	Georgia HB 402 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Jason Spencer Ron Stephens	5	16	1	2013-02-19	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4791da56-90bc-4ca2-93d5-a2c7ab3e1492	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1a8794243971eacb4875709f5404d2be50835562216cfa44fe4323f6ee373736	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 402 (2013_14) — Conservation; shore protection and coastal marshlands protection; revise various provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coastal waters, beaches, and sand dunes, so as to revise various provisions relative to shore protection and coastal marshlands 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 repeal provisions relating to local shore assistance programs; to provide for marine contractor licenses; to repeal provisions relating to the leasing of state-owned marshland or water bottoms; to provide for applicability; to strike obsolete language and correct cross-references; to provide for 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. HB 402/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 0313/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 40 0361S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 0361S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 40 0073ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 160–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jason Spencer — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-19 House Hopper
• 2013-02-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-05 House Postponed
• 2013-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-07 Act 279 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4791da56-90bc-4ca2-93d5-a2c7ab3e1492. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).