republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-532.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Conservation and natural resources; grants and special revenue disbursements; revise provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-6A-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual grant when state owns property and calculations, so as to revise provisions related to certain counties claiming such grant while also claiming similar grants in Chapter 14 of Title 48, relating to grants and special revenue disbursements; to amend Code Section 48-14-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual grant to counties with 20,000 or more acres of unimproved real estate owned by Department of Natural Resources, so as to revise provisions related to counties claiming such grant while also claiming similar grants in Code Section 12-6A-12; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 532	Georgia HB 532 (2025_26)	bill	CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE AND TAXATION	enacted	Buddy DeLoach	5	15	3	2025-02-19	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/ac54e9a4-103b-4e3f-a6b9-a0224e1c47c4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	de9201d4795170ff9423965b1e2fe257a19558300ea672d17a1cffa90344197a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 532 (2025_26) — Conservation and natural resources; grants and special revenue disbursements; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-6A-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual grant when state owns property and calculations, so as to revise provisions related to certain counties claiming such grant while also claiming similar grants in Chapter 14 of Title 48, relating to grants and special revenue disbursements; to amend Code Section 48-14-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual grant to counties with 20,000 or more acres of unimproved real estate owned by Department of Natural Resources, so as to revise provisions related to counties claiming such grant while also claiming similar grants in Code Section 12-6A-12; 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 532/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3467S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 3467S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 47 9003/a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 50 0123 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #383 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 31–24 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #392 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 44–5 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #193 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-03 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2025-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Veto V4 executive-veto

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac54e9a4-103b-4e3f-a6b9-a0224e1c47c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).