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| Bill | State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; revise provisions; | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to soil and water conservation districts, so as to revise provisions relating to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; to provide for administrative attachment; to provide for appointment to the commission; to remove authority related to eminent domain; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to erosion and sedimentation control, so as to provide for erosion manual publication oversight; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2015_16 | HB 397 | Georgia HB 397 (2015_16) |
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7 | 17 | 1 | 2015-02-19 | 2015-04-08 | openstates | ocd-bill/bf04c896-9eb9-4fd5-95ce-4dcc7f2206fc | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | bd2dcbff96cbf927122504bce5babc81c86b0526052299b0e504ab90d02b6e7b | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 397 (2015_16) — State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; revise provisions;
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to soil and water conservation districts, so as to revise provisions relating to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; to provide for administrative attachment; to provide for appointment to the commission; to remove authority related to eminent domain; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to erosion and sedimentation control, so as to provide for erosion manual publication oversight; to provide for related matters; 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.
- HB 397/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 40 0820/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 40 0868S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 40 0868S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 40 0922S (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor am 1 AM 40 0141 (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor am 2 AM 40 0140 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 156–12 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2015-02-19 House Hopper
- 2015-02-20 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2015-02-23 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2015-03-03 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2015-03-09 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2015-03-09 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2015-03-11 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2015-03-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2015-03-25 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2015-03-26 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2015-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2015-03-26 Senate Transmitted House
- 2015-03-27 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2015-03-27 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2015-04-08 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2015-04-08 Act 17
executive-signature - 2015-04-08 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf04c896-9eb9-4fd5-95ce-4dcc7f2206fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).