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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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David Knight
Jay Roberts
Penny Houston
Terry England
Tom McCall
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.

  1. HB 397/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 40 0820/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 40 0868S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 40 0868S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  5. Sen ctee sub LC 40 0922S (committee substitute) — source
  6. Sen floor am 1 AM 40 0141 (committee substitute) — source
  7. Sen floor am 2 AM 40 0140 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 15612 (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).