republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-189.md

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Bill	Natural Resources, Department of; notify local governing authorities before making certain significant changes in park service; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation generally, so as to require the Department of Natural Resources to notify local governing authorities before making certain significant changes in services at state parks, historic sites, or recreational areas located within the area of the local governing authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 189	Georgia HB 189 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Al Williams Debbie Buckner Earnest Williams James Epps Mack Jackson Ron Stephens	5	18	1	2013-02-01	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/23ca9c82-7567-4e8b-82f4-209858063337	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9bf436a715e33f6272df5d2db49ee60ef3f00fd42899d9500cfe1d99fdcb6120	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 189 (2013_14) — Natural Resources, Department of; notify local governing authorities before making certain significant changes in park service; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation generally, so as to require the Department of Natural Resources to notify local governing authorities before making certain significant changes in services at state parks, historic sites, or recreational areas located within the area of the local governing authority; 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 189/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 0227/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 40 0340S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 0340S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1280 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 167–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Al Williams — primary (person)
• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• Earnest Williams — primary (person)
• James Epps — primary (person)
• Mack Jackson — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-01 House Hopper
• 2013-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2013-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2013-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2013-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 201 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23ca9c82-7567-4e8b-82f4-209858063337. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).