republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-101.md

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Bill	Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; provide for buffer against coastal marshlands within which certain land-disturbing activities are prohibited	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of soil erosion and sedimentation, so as to provide for a buffer against coastal marshlands within which certain land-disturbing activities are prohibited; to provide for exceptions and variances; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 101	Georgia SB 101 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Lester Jackson Ross Tolleson Tommie Williams William Ligon, Jr.	5	16	1	2015-02-10	2015-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/02858607-dc2f-4a37-929b-78c55b4436b4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2ce7d29a14073bfeb1dd6168454494a3efe440eee9505af06cac42f7691ac2c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 101 (2015_16) — Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; provide for buffer against coastal marshlands within which certain land-disturbing activities are prohibited

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of soil erosion and sedimentation, so as to provide for a buffer against coastal marshlands within which certain land-disturbing activities are prohibited; to provide for exceptions and variances; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 40 0799 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 40 0835S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amendment AM 40 0138 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 101/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 46–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-10 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-26 House Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2015-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-08 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 175 executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02858607-dc2f-4a37-929b-78c55b4436b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).