republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-473.md

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Bill	Conservation and Natural Resources; duties, powers, and responsibilities relative to historic preservation; from Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Community Affairs; transfer	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to transfer duties, powers, responsibilities, and other authority relative to historic preservation from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Community Affairs; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to disburse the fund allocated from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Community Affairs; to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to conform cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 473	Georgia SB 473 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Tyler Harper	3	16	1	2020-03-02	2020-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/04e29702-bc55-445e-adb5-8dbb68ad2a91	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2419af8f199f598643a1cf146586e2ca501b84fd46bfd0414c9c0094ed04ed54	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 473 (2019_20) — Conservation and Natural Resources; duties, powers, and responsibilities relative to historic preservation; from Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Community Affairs; transfer

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to transfer duties, powers, responsibilities, and other authority relative to historic preservation from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Community Affairs; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to disburse the fund allocated from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Community Affairs; to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to conform cross-references; 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 0463ER (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB473/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-02 Senate Hopper
• 2020-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-03-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-09 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-03-10 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-03-10 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-03-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-03-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-23 House Postponed
• 2020-06-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-25 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Act 381 executive-signature
• 2020-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04e29702-bc55-445e-adb5-8dbb68ad2a91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).