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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; revise provisions;"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to soil and water conservation districts, so as to revise provisions relating to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; to provide for administrative attachment; to provide for appointment to the commission; to remove authority related to eminent domain; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to erosion and sedimentation control, so as to provide for erosion manual publication oversight; to provide for related matters; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 397"
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citation: "Georgia HB 397 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "David Knight", "Jay Roberts", "Penny Houston", "Terry England", "Tom McCall"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-19"
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last_action: "2015-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf04c896-9eb9-4fd5-95ce-4dcc7f2206fc"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "bd2dcbff96cbf927122504bce5babc81c86b0526052299b0e504ab90d02b6e7b"
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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 397 (2015_16) — State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; revise provisions;
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to soil and water conservation districts, so as to revise provisions relating to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; to provide for administrative attachment; to provide for appointment to the commission; to remove authority related to eminent domain; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to erosion and sedimentation control, so as to provide for erosion manual publication oversight; to provide for related matters; 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 397/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152861.pdf)
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2. **LC 40 0820/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148485.pdf)
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3. **LC 40 0868S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150552.pdf)
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4. **LC 40 0868S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149751.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0922S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152039.pdf)
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6. **Sen floor am 1 AM 40 0141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152576.pdf)
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7. **Sen floor am 2 AM 40 0140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152603.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **156–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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- Tom McCall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-19** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Transmitted House
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- **2015-03-27** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-04-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-04-08** Act 17 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-04-08** 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/bf04c896-9eb9-4fd5-95ce-4dcc7f2206fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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