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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry; inclusion of building products in construction; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry, so as to provide for the inclusion of building products in construction on the registry; to provide for definitions; to allow participants in the registry to voluntarily report the utilization of carbon sequestration and embodied carbon results; to provide for an advisory committee; to provide for certified third-party organizations to measure the amount of carbon sequestered from building materials that sequester carbon dioxide; to require the State Forestry Commission to publish a list of certified organizations; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 355"
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citation: "Georgia HB 355 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Angelika Kausche", "Houston Gaines", "Jon Burns", "Lynn Smith", "Marcus Wiedower", "Todd Jones"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-08"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68e2e7c8-316c-4935-9c0c-bcd47fdc3cf2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "99d781b2fa386c94f577b4adb83b94d44735a6dc5ba7bbcc5fda5caf6106205e"
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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 355 (2021_22) — Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry; inclusion of building products in construction; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry, so as to provide for the inclusion of building products in construction on the registry; to provide for definitions; to allow participants in the registry to voluntarily report the utilization of carbon sequestration and embodied carbon results; to provide for an advisory committee; to provide for certified third-party organizations to measure the amount of carbon sequestered from building materials that sequester carbon dioxide; to require the State Forestry Commission to publish a list of certified organizations; 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. **HB 355/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202040.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 1612ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197008.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Angelika Kausche — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-07** Act 257 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/68e2e7c8-316c-4935-9c0c-bcd47fdc3cf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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