republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-123.md

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Bill	Waste Management; the coal ash surcharge imposed by host local governments; eliminate	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waste management, so as to eliminate the coal ash surcharge imposed by host local governments regarding municipal solid waste disposal facilities operated by private enterprise; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 123	Georgia SB 123 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Burt Jones Chuck Hufstetler Greg Kirk Nan Orrock William Ligon, Jr.	6	16	1	2019-02-15	2020-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/a6e1c53c-23e0-4de6-810d-b673a52f1781	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a807620b23cc2365654fa2ca2989ef366c8870e8cfd0738f234390e332681b21	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 123 (2019_20) — Waste Management; the coal ash surcharge imposed by host local governments; eliminate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waste management, so as to eliminate the coal ash surcharge imposed by host local governments regarding municipal solid waste disposal facilities operated by private enterprise; 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.

1. As introduced LC 45 0204 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 45 0387S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 44 1509S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 44 1518S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
6. SB123/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 52–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-18 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-02-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2020-06-25 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Act 376 executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6e1c53c-23e0-4de6-810d-b673a52f1781. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).