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type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste management; currently existing and compliant inert waste landfill operations from regulatory permitting; exempt"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solid waste management generally, so as to categorically exempt currently existing and compliant inert waste landfill operations from regulatory permitting; to provide for additional permitting exemptions; to delete a cross-reference; to revise civil penalty provisions; to amend Code Section 12-2-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Environmental Protection Division and Environmental Advisory Council, so as to update the effective date of rules and regulations for purposes of criminal law enforcement; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 320"
citation: "Georgia HB 320 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buddy Harden", "Chuck Williams", "Jan Tankersley", "Lynn Smith", "Lynne Riley", "Tom Kirby"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82850a2f-fd84-433f-ad4e-6807131c03b2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6a4a00c1892ea9b5391eb64bfc594a63b51eadb292858f21c1a0710f06386323"
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 320 (2013_14) — Solid waste management; currently existing and compliant inert waste landfill operations from regulatory permitting; exempt
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solid waste management generally, so as to categorically exempt currently existing and compliant inert waste landfill operations from regulatory permitting; to provide for additional permitting exemptions; to delete a cross-reference; to revise civil penalty provisions; to amend Code Section 12-2-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Environmental Protection Division and Environmental Advisory Council, so as to update the effective date of rules and regulations for purposes of criminal law enforcement; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 320/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136942.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0265/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130638.pdf)
3. **LC 40 0319S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132403.pdf)
4. **LC 40 0319S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131689.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB 320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136873.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0205S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135363.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136872.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1598** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Buddy Harden — primary (person)
- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Lynne Riley — primary (person)
- Tom Kirby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-12** House Hopper
- **2013-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 34 `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/82850a2f-fd84-433f-ad4e-6807131c03b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).