republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-957.md

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Bill	Georgia Brownfield Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act," so as provide a new short title; to revise definitions; to expand the limitation of liability to certain purchasers; to provide for transfer of limitation of liability; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 957	Georgia HB 957 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Buddy Harden Chuck Williams Lynn Smith Tom McCall	5	17	1	2014-02-07	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/5ab5b121-78b7-4f2a-9501-0cf941c26c0b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d72e10775f530a26effc12cdcd17c6c1712ac9301ce7c7979285cb0b4b561752	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 957 (2013_14) — Georgia Brownfield Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act," so as provide a new short title; to revise definitions; to expand the limitation of liability to certain purchasers; to provide for transfer of limitation of liability; to provide for applicability; 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 957/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 0538ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 40 0564ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 0564ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor am 1 AM 40 0116 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 170–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buddy Harden — primary (person)
• Chuck Williams — primary (person)
• Lynn Smith — primary (person)
• Tom McCall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-07 House Hopper
• 2014-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-12 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 530 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ab5b121-78b7-4f2a-9501-0cf941c26c0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).