republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1277.md

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Bill	Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 12 and Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to environmental policy and highways, bridges, and ferries, respectively, so as to increase the project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1277	Georgia HB 1277 (2025_26)	bill	CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES HIGHWAYS BRIDGES AND FERRIES	enacted	Joe Campbell Lauren McDonald III Leesa Hagan Matt Barton Rick Jasperse	5	19	4	2026-02-11	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/967c1f03-16a9-4cc4-bebd-56830129e2c0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d008489c8a426ed471a896d77d34560280fcbfee5e75892de0b7e6e024537b51	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1277 (2025_26) — Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 12 and Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to environmental policy and highways, bridges, and ferries, respectively, so as to increase the project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations; to provide for conforming changes; 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. HB 1277/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 4929/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 4068S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 47 4068S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee Sub LC 39 5122S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #563 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 149–16 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #928 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 26–22 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #873 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 122–50 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joe Campbell — primary (person)
• Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
• Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
• Matt Barton — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-11 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-27 Senate Tabled
• 2026-03-31 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-03-31 Senate Tabled
• 2026-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 454 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/967c1f03-16a9-4cc4-bebd-56830129e2c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).