republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1146.md

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Bill	Natural Resources, Department of; EPD to issue water permits to private companies in areas where no public service can be provided within a period of 12 months; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ground-water use generally, so as to require the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources to issue water permits to private companies in areas where no public service can be provided within a period of 12 months; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1146	Georgia HB 1146 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens Jesse Petrea Ron Stephens	4	17	2	2024-02-06	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/aa4312b8-66b7-43f3-9c21-3ed07048e018	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	80f422963937eaa741ad8a37f765bb4ffe21575f8aaa3648edc4ff9041ac498d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1146 (2023_24) — Natural Resources, Department of; EPD to issue water permits to private companies in areas where no public service can be provided within a period of 12 months; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ground-water use generally, so as to require the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources to issue water permits to private companies in areas where no public service can be provided within a period of 12 months; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for automatic repeal; 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 1146/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2654/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 44 2718S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 44 2718S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #657 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 105–58 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #828 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 32–22 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-06 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 595 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa4312b8-66b7-43f3-9c21-3ed07048e018. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).