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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; formulate certain rules and regulations in consultation with Environmental Protection Division of the Dept. Of Natural Resources; remove authority"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-6-27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission - additional duties and powers, so as to remove authority of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission to formulate certain rules and regulations in consultation with the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to water resources, so as to modify provisions relating to regulated riparian rights to surface waters for general or farm use, permits for withdrawal, diversion or impoundment, coordination with water plans, metering of farm use, interbasin transfers, and appeal procedures; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 451"
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citation: "Georgia SB 451 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Ellis Black", "John Wilkinson", "Lawrence Walker III", "P. K. Martin IV"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-15"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fc79898-8a9f-4028-bac3-f5cf30bd4bb5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ac5857da25db3a1e958c460a4a13152e6c17997e63f1ca5a64826fc9b59c2844"
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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 451 (2017_18) — State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; formulate certain rules and regulations in consultation with Environmental Protection Division of the Dept. Of Natural Resources; remove authority
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-6-27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission - additional duties and powers, so as to remove authority of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission to formulate certain rules and regulations in consultation with the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to water resources, so as to modify provisions relating to regulated riparian rights to surface waters for general or farm use, permits for withdrawal, diversion or impoundment, coordination with water plans, metering of farm use, interbasin transfers, and appeal procedures; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **49–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-15** Senate Hopper
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- **2018-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 483 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/6fc79898-8a9f-4028-bac3-f5cf30bd4bb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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