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Bill Buildings and housing; counties and municipalities proscribing the use of wood in the construction of certain buildings when state minimum standard codes are met; prohibit A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 8-2-25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state-wide application of minimum standard codes, adoption of more stringent requirements by local governments, adoption of standards for which state code does not exist, and exemptions for farm buildings and structures, so as to prohibit counties and municipalities from proscribing the use of wood in the construction of buildings when state minimum standard codes are otherwise met; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 HB 876 Georgia HB 876 (2017_18)
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Chad Nimmer
Dominic LaRiccia
Jay Powell
John Corbett
Terry England
Tom McCall
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Georgia HB 876 (2017_18) — Buildings and housing; counties and municipalities proscribing the use of wood in the construction of certain buildings when state minimum standard codes are met; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 8-2-25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state-wide application of minimum standard codes, adoption of more stringent requirements by local governments, adoption of standards for which state code does not exist, and exemptions for farm buildings and structures, so as to prohibit counties and municipalities from proscribing the use of wood in the construction of buildings when state minimum standard codes are otherwise met; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 12543 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
  • Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
  • Jay Powell — primary (person)
  • John Corbett — primary (person)
  • Terry England — primary (person)
  • Tom McCall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-08 House Hopper
  • 2018-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2018-02-13 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2018-02-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2018-02-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2018-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2018-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2018-03-19 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2018-03-19 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2018-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2018-05-08 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2018-05-08 Act 466 executive-signature
  • 2018-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af8f6f80-7afd-46ea-8ac1-44cd69c7e60c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).