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type: "Bill"
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title: "Water pollution; establish water emergency response procedures"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of water pollution and surface-water use, so as to establish water emergency response procedures; 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 549"
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citation: "Georgia HB 549 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Hitchens", "Butch Parrish", "Jan Tankersley", "Jon Burns", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-03-05"
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last_action: "2014-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f92201e2-b3ab-4e0a-85e3-ef468b8616ab"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d3ba28bc65d32063b2c900e984e9f12e244877d0a9f8b7563ab75d1ef72aedcc"
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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 549 (2013_14) — Water pollution; establish water emergency response procedures
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of water pollution and surface-water use, so as to establish water emergency response procedures; 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 549/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144449.pdf)
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2. **LC 40 0354/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133404.pdf)
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3. **LC 40 0589S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141577.pdf)
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4. **LC 40 0589S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141178.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **157–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Butch Parrish — primary (person)
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- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — 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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- **2013-03-05** House Hopper
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- **2013-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-15** Act 501 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-07-01** 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/f92201e2-b3ab-4e0a-85e3-ef468b8616ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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