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type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources, Department of; notify local governing authorities before making certain significant changes in park service; require"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 189"
citation: "Georgia HB 189 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Debbie Buckner", "Earnest Williams", "James Epps", "Mack Jackson", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-01"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23ca9c82-7567-4e8b-82f4-209858063337"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9bf436a715e33f6272df5d2db49ee60ef3f00fd42899d9500cfe1d99fdcb6120"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137003.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0227/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129588.pdf)
3. **LC 40 0340S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134060.pdf)
4. **LC 40 0340S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132518.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136387.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1671** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23ca9c82-7567-4e8b-82f4-209858063337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).