republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-897.md

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Bill	State Forestry Commission; create a standing timber notification website; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-6-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notice of timber harvesting operations, so as to require the State Forestry Commission to create a standing timber notification website; to provide for promulgation of rules and regulations; to change surety bond and letter of credit requirements; to provide for claims against bonds; to provide for appeals of such claims; to provide for replacement bonds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 897	Georgia HB 897 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	James Burchett John Corbett Jon Burns Sam Watson Tom McCall Trey Rhodes	3	17	1	2020-02-05	2020-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/8ea916a2-a825-4533-91c7-b62638010a63	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5c05f85c78902d52974b431ccb30ea8e51fdb2ec3dc33d812a2cdffb6f305df5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 897 (2019_20) — State Forestry Commission; create a standing timber notification website; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-6-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notice of timber harvesting operations, so as to require the State Forestry Commission to create a standing timber notification website; to provide for promulgation of rules and regulations; to change surety bond and letter of credit requirements; to provide for claims against bonds; to provide for appeals of such claims; to provide for replacement bonds; 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 897/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 1388/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 44 1505S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• James Burchett — primary (person)
• John Corbett — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Tom McCall — primary (person)
• Trey Rhodes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-05 House Hopper
• 2020-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-06-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-06-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-22 Senate Transmitted House
• 2020-06-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2020-06-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-22 Act 481 executive-signature
• 2020-07-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ea916a2-a825-4533-91c7-b62638010a63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).