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type: "Bill"
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title: "Waste Management; the coal ash surcharge imposed by host local governments; eliminate"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waste management, so as to eliminate the coal ash surcharge imposed by host local governments regarding municipal solid waste disposal facilities operated by private enterprise; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "SB 123"
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citation: "Georgia SB 123 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Burt Jones", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Greg Kirk", "Nan Orrock", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-15"
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last_action: "2020-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6e1c53c-23e0-4de6-810d-b673a52f1781"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a807620b23cc2365654fa2ca2989ef366c8870e8cfd0738f234390e332681b21"
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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 123 (2019_20) — Waste Management; the coal ash surcharge imposed by host local governments; eliminate
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waste management, so as to eliminate the coal ash surcharge imposed by host local governments regarding municipal solid waste disposal facilities operated by private enterprise; 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 45 0204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181750.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190795.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 45 0387S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189485.pdf)
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4. **LC 44 1509S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193967.pdf)
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5. **LC 44 1518S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194305.pdf)
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6. **SB123/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194678.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **52–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-15** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** Act 376 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** 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/a6e1c53c-23e0-4de6-810d-b673a52f1781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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