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Bill	Eminent domain; construction of petroleum pipelines and the environmental permitting requirements; change certain provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 22 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the exercise of power of eminent domain for special purposes, so as to change certain provisions relating to the exercise of power of eminent domain for construction of petroleum pipelines and the environmental permitting requirements for petroleum pipelines; to enact a temporary moratorium on the use of eminent domain for construction of petroleum pipelines and the permitting for construction of such pipelines so that a commission of elected officials and field experts can conduct a detailed study; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 1036	Georgia HB 1036 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Al Williams Bill Hitchens Carolyn Hugley Jesse Petrea Ron Stephens Stacey Abrams	9	16	1	2016-02-17	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/3d4e9567-7dec-4d1e-a80e-8ae11a7ef2c1	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cd948ee03962e407fe95de10462c2288a28863e0b592b5f53b6f76ad98365e76	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1036 (2015_16) — Eminent domain; construction of petroleum pipelines and the environmental permitting requirements; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 22 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the exercise of power of eminent domain for special purposes, so as to change certain provisions relating to the exercise of power of eminent domain for construction of petroleum pipelines and the environmental permitting requirements for petroleum pipelines; to enact a temporary moratorium on the use of eminent domain for construction of petroleum pipelines and the permitting for construction of such pipelines so that a commission of elected officials and field experts can conduct a detailed study; to provide for related matters; to provide 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. Floor Amendment AM 36 0555 (committee substitute) — source
2. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB 1036/AP* (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 36 2988/a (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 36 3048S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 36 3048S/hs (committee substitute) — source
8. SCSFA to HB1036 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen ctee sub LC 36 3060S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 165–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Al Williams — primary (person)
• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Stacey Abrams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-17 House Hopper
• 2016-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 557 executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d4e9567-7dec-4d1e-a80e-8ae11a7ef2c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).