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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Conservation; shore protection and coastal marshlands protection; revise various provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coastal waters, beaches, and sand dunes, so as to revise various provisions relative to shore protection and coastal marshlands protection; to revise and add definitions; to establish authority and powers of the Department of Natural Resources; to revise provisions relating to permit activities and procedures; to repeal provisions relating to local shore assistance programs; to provide for marine contractor licenses; to repeal provisions relating to the leasing of state-owned marshland or water bottoms; to provide for applicability; to strike obsolete language and correct cross-references; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 402"
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citation: "Georgia HB 402 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jason Spencer", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-19"
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last_action: "2013-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4791da56-90bc-4ca2-93d5-a2c7ab3e1492"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1a8794243971eacb4875709f5404d2be50835562216cfa44fe4323f6ee373736"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 402 (2013_14) — Conservation; shore protection and coastal marshlands protection; revise various provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coastal waters, beaches, and sand dunes, so as to revise various provisions relative to shore protection and coastal marshlands protection; to revise and add definitions; to establish authority and powers of the Department of Natural Resources; to revise provisions relating to permit activities and procedures; to repeal provisions relating to local shore assistance programs; to provide for marine contractor licenses; to repeal provisions relating to the leasing of state-owned marshland or water bottoms; to provide for applicability; to strike obsolete language and correct cross-references; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 402/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135552.pdf)
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2. **LC 40 0313/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131345.pdf)
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3. **LC 40 0361S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133633.pdf)
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4. **LC 40 0361S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133094.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 40 0073ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135509.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **160–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jason Spencer — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-19** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-05** House Postponed
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- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-07** Act 279 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4791da56-90bc-4ca2-93d5-a2c7ab3e1492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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