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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Environmental Policy Act\"; exempt projects for construction/improvement of public roads from environmental effects reports"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-16-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to the \"Environmental Policy Act,\" so as to exempt projects for the construction or improvement of public roads from environmental effects reports in certain instances; to provide for related matters; 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: "SB 346"
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citation: "Georgia SB 346 (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: ["Brandon Beach", "Jeff Mullis"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-08"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eaeb0a9-7886-4b54-a2b9-3b3257a21a5c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "31fb506875f63bb4016fb78b32b94216e3ce4c44a869e37af082e7d9c2973c02"
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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 SB 346 (2015_16) — "Environmental Policy Act"; exempt projects for construction/improvement of public roads from environmental effects reports
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-16-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to the "Environmental Policy Act," so as to exempt projects for the construction or improvement of public roads from environmental effects reports in certain instances; to provide for related matters; 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. **As introduced LC 39 1135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156734.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159267.pdf)
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3. **Floor amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159132.pdf)
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4. **Floor amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159208.pdf)
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5. **Floor amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159268.pdf)
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6. **LC 39 1409ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160422.pdf)
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7. **SB 346/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162375.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MOTION TO TABLE — **38–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-08** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2016-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 339 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/3eaeb0a9-7886-4b54-a2b9-3b3257a21a5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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