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| Bill | Control of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; denial or nonacceptance of permits; revise provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of soil erosion and sedimentation, so as to revise provisions regarding denial or nonacceptance of permits; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide general provisions for counties and municipalities regarding the acceptance, denial, or nonacceptance of certain permits; to require local issuing authorities to provide rejected permit applicants with a written list of reasons for denial within specified time frames; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | SB 447 | Georgia SB 447 (2025_26) |
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Georgia SB 447 (2025_26) — Control of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; denial or nonacceptance of permits; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of soil erosion and sedimentation, so as to revise provisions regarding denial or nonacceptance of permits; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide general provisions for counties and municipalities regarding the acceptance, denial, or nonacceptance of certain permits; to require local issuing authorities to provide rejected permit applicants with a written list of reasons for denial within specified time frames; to provide definitions; 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.
- As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- As introduced LC 47 3936 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee Sub LC 47 4049S (committee substitute) — source
- Committee Sub LC 47 4102S (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 3541S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 4324S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
- SB 447/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #607 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–4 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #805 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 95–72 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #989 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
- Drew Echols — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-02 Senate Hopper
introduction - 2026-02-03 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-20 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 Senate Recommitted
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-03 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2026-03-04 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2026-03-06 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2026-03-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-31 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2026-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2026-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-05-11 Act 513
executive-signature - 2026-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/728e88d3-d3ab-4bea-8940-741548902740. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).